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The Rumpus Interview with Sean Bernard

Sean Bernard talks about the placid, annoying heaven of his debut novel, Studies in the Hereafter, why he’s both optimistic and cynical about human nature, and the difference between writing short stories and a novel.

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The Saturday Rumpus Interview: Karrie Higgins

The more narratives that approach reality "differently" get treated as "insane" or "unreal," the less readers are exposed to them, and the more "unreal" or "insane" they seem. It's like a feedback loop.

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The Rumpus Interview with Amy Fusselman

Amy Fusselman discusses her latest memoir/manifesto/philosophical treatise Savage Park, the rise of a new kind of nonfiction, and what kind of art “discombobulates her and makes her scream.”

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The Rumpus Interview with Mary Karr

Mary Karr talks about her new book The Art of Memoir, the perception of memoir from a "trashy" form, the virtues of poetry, and the complexity of truth-telling.

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Marilynne Robinson on Being an American

When Christians abandon Christian standards of behavior in the defense of Christianity, when Americans abandon American standards of conduct in the name of America, they inflict harm that would not…

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Heaven is (Probably) a Place on Earth

Mya Frazier writes for Aeon on the “heaven tourism memoir” (seen in books such as Heaven is for Real and The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven) and what its…

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Seven Almonds

The first thing my parents bought when they earned money in America was a giant bag of almonds as a talisman for success.

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Weekly Geekery

Religion and science in the ancient world. It’s okay Nessie, there are some who still believe. Reforming Reddit. Women’s labor and online games.

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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Song in the Subjunctive

Perhaps the city looked more poignantly lovely because I was conscious of its tragic history.

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What You See

Ta-Nehisi Coates’s new book Between the World and Me is a letter addressed to his son that America needs to read. New York profiles the author, whose fearless writing about…

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Exorcisms, the Devil, and Helpful Grammar Tips

The Codex Gigas…contains the Old and New Testaments of the Bible, as well as an assortment of other texts that tackle everything from practical instructions for exorcisms to seventh-century grammar…

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My Sister’s Legs

Because that’s how it is with sisters. You are them. You are not them. You are broken shards from the same pane of glass, each reflecting a different light.

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