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Every Moment Has Infinite Possibilities: A Conversation with Julie Iromuanya

  • Julie Marie Wade
  • December 27, 2021
Julie Iromuanya discusses her debut novel, MR. AND MRS. DOCTOR.
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Performing Violence: A Conversation with Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

  • Barrett Bowlin
  • October 6, 2021
Jocelyn Nicole Johnson discusses her debut story collection, MY MONTICELLO.
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What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Black History

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  • February 5, 2021
Rumpus editors share a list of new and forthcoming books to celebrate Black History Month!
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What to Read When You’re Writing Your Truth

  • Tracy Strauss
  • May 3, 2019
Tracy Strauss shares a reading list to celebrate her debut book, I JUST HAVEN’T MET YOU YET.
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What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Black History

  • The Rumpus
  • February 9, 2018
Rumpus editors share for their favorite writing that speaks to black history, past and present.
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VISIBLE: Women Writers of Color: Angie Thomas

  • Deesha Philyaw
  • April 19, 2017
Angie Thomas discusses her debut novel, The Hate U Give, landing an agent on Twitter, and why she trusts teenagers more than the publishing industry.
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What to Read When You Are Surrounded by Spies

  • The Rumpus
  • March 10, 2017
Here, in one handy list, are a few of our favorite spy novels. Watch your back!
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The Rumpus Interview with Clarence Major

  • David Breithaupt
  • January 27, 2017
Clarence Major discusses his new collection Chicago Heat and Other Stories, the artist's role in politics, Donald Trump and race relations, and Paris in the good old days.
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Notable San Francisco: 1/25–1/31

  • Charles Kruger
  • January 25, 2017
Wednesday 1/25: Perfectly Queer presents Funny Bits: Humorous Stories from East Bay Queer Writers featuring Ajuan Mance, Willy Wilkinson, and Anna Pulley. Free, 7 p.m., The Octopus Literary Salon. John…
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The Saturday Rumpus Interview: Darryl Pinckney

  • Deesha Philyaw
  • May 7, 2016
If your family or your people are looking over your shoulder, change your seat or push them away. Ask them to trust you with the truth.
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Anna March’s Reading Mixtape #22: Classic Novels That Are a Joy to Read

  • Anna March
  • March 9, 2016
Sometimes we bypass the classic novels on the way to the rich offering of current literary fiction. Fair enough; there is so much to love in today’s fiction. But once…
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The Rumpus Interview with Mary Karr

  • Emma Winsor Wood
  • September 30, 2015
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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