Subverting the Wild West: A Conversation with Anna North
Anna North discusses her new novel, OUTLAWED.
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Posts Tagged: religion
Hypocrisy Is Ripe for Stories: Talking with Melissa Scholes Young
Melissa Scholes Young discusses her new novel, THE HIVE.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Susan Shapiro
“My challenge was to tell my own story but also find ways to weave in wisdom and gravitas.”
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Illuminating the Darkness: Madeleine L’Engle’s The Moment of Tenderness
For anyone looking for some truth and tenderness amidst a still-trying time, look no further.
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Finding Healing in Gospel Music
I wasn’t pressured to be stoic. I was permitted to release. I was permitted to be.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: David Biespiel
“In the act of writing about it and revising it, I’m still having the experience.”
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Beauty in a Cold Season: Katherine May’s Wintering
As we go, we are breathlessly held in an in-between state, a limbo, a transition.
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Encouraging Messiness: A Conversation with Melissa Broder
Melissa Broder discusses her new novel, MILK FED.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Erin Belieu
Erin Belieu discusses her new collection, COME-HITHER HONEYCOMB.
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Stitching the Sea Together: A Conversation with Kathryn Smith
Kathryn Smith discusses her new poetry collection, SELF-PORTRAIT WITH CEPHALOPOD.
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Life Is Odd: A Conversation with Dinty W. Moore
Dinty W. Moore discusses his new essay collection, TO HELL WITH IT.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Hibiscus Tacos
It’d been a while since I’d spent time in a body.
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Affliction: On Finding Relief in Pain
Hurting heightened everything, both within and without it.
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Asking the Right Questions: Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom
Transcendent Kingdom becomes an experiment in itself.
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Why We Believe What We Believe: A Conversation with Dantiel W. Moniz
Dantiel W. Moniz discusses her debut story collection, MILK BLOOD HEAT.
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Sleeping with Myself
I exist in a field of landmines, never quite sure when one will go off or why.
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The Psychiatrist and the Butch
My dad, a psychiatrist, wants to write a sex book.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Robin Gow
“I always knew I wanted to write a queer saint holy book.”
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The Power of the Word: Talking with Roberto Lovato
Roberto Lovato discusses his new memoir, UNFORGETTING.
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Voices on Addiction: Heroin/e
She introduced me to the ugly of religion and to the beauty of the world.
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Complicating Unhelpful Binaries: Talking with Deesha Philyaw
Deesha Philyaw discusses her debut story collection, THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES.
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Holding Uncertainty: Talking with Teresa Carmody
Teresa Carmody discusses her debut novel, THE RECONCEPTION OF MARIE.
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Out of What Remains: Talking with Jacinta V. White
Jacinta V. White discusses her collection of poetry, RESURRECTING THE BONES.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Sumita Chakraborty
Sumita Chakraborty discusses her debut collection, ARROW.
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Cutting to the Core: A Conversation with Tara Isabel Zambrano
Tara Isabel Zambrano discusses DEATH, DESIRE, AND OTHER DESTINATIONS.
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Rites of Passage: Steven Toussaint’s Lay Studies
We are liturgical animals, Toussaint’s poems suggest, designed to satisfy some ultimate desire with worship.
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An Irony Full of Grace: John L’Heureux’s The Heart Is a Full-Wild Beast
The horror of violence is not assuaged by announcing it quickly.
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