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The Good, the Bad, and the Unf*ckwittable: Talking with Ron A. Austin

  • David Schuman
  • January 29, 2020
Ron A. Austin discusses his debut novel, AVERY COLT IS A THIEF, A SNAKE, A LIAR.
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Scientific, Healing Magic: How to Know the Flowers by Jessica Smith

  • Cynthia Arrieu-King
  • January 10, 2020
A poem by Jessica Smith yields the feeling that atoms of meaning vibrate, then come together.
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Stories We Tell Ourselves: A Conversation with Miranda Popkey

  • Frances Yackel
  • January 2, 2020
Miranda Popkey discusses her debut novel, TOPICS OF CONVERSATION.
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You Never Win, You Never Lose: Talking with Gabriel Birnbaum

  • Jon Doyle
  • December 23, 2019
Gabriel Birnbaum discusses his new album, NOT ALONE.
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The Sacred Act of Art-Making: A Conversation with Patrick Coleman

  • Rachel Lyon
  • August 23, 2019
Patrick Coleman discusses his debut novel, THE CHURCHGOER.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #185: Lisa Taddeo

  • Margot Kahn
  • July 18, 2019
“It’s cruel to not say, I see you. I know you exist.”
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Loving America: Reading Carlos Bulosan with My Students

  • Matthew Salesses
  • November 8, 2017
Can one love one’s country into a better version of itself? And can that love better the self?
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(K)ink: Writing While Deviant: Erica Mena

  • Erica Mena
  • January 27, 2016
Poems and rope that make me plumb my depths and stretch my limits of my poetic language: that's the worthwhile project.
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The Rumpus Interview with Debra Monroe

  • Graham Oliver
  • December 7, 2015
Debra Monroe talks about her new memoir, My Unsentimental Education, the future of the genre, and how the Internet has changed what it means to be human.
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