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Threats of Violence: Discussing Pain, Form, and Cinema du Corps with Author Stephanie LaCava

There is a hyper self-awareness in all my work that acknowledges—teases itself, maybe—what it is addressing and from what entry point. I once modeled in a campaign for socks I designed for a skate label and on the box there was a small excerpt from one of my books.

I’m a Firm Believer in Timing: An Interview with Rubén Degollado

For me, it is actually harder to write a book that is grounded in realism, as that is not how I see the world or how my family sees the world.

The Rumpus Book Club Chat with C. Russell Price

The Rumpus Book Club chats with C. Russell Price about his poetry collection Oh You Thought This Was a Date?! (Triquarterly Books, June 2022), playlists, and the ongoing end- of-the-world.

But tonight, a little more: A Conversation with J. Hope Stein

What’s the difference between sports bras and regular bras?— What’s the difference between Jesus and God?

Nothing and Everything: An Interview with Dr. Jenny Heijun Wills on the Fragmentation of Adoption

Family relies on the antics of nationalism: who belongs, who doesn’t, to whom are we loyal, to whom are we not . . . I suppose “family” is another F-word that can be something that brings pleasure, or that might be deployed as a weapon if in the mouth of the wrong person.

Stories help us be able to be brave: Adoption and Belonging with Mariama J. Lockington

It is okay to feel more than one thing.

Scaling The National through Poetics: A dialogue between Rodrigo Toscano and Paisley Rekdal

Transient feelings about feelings of deliverance from (I’d say, national) anxiety. People are micro-dosing on sentimental poetry.

Taking to Heart Unbearable Reality: The Rumpus Interview with Jorie Graham

As I say to myself, living under the reality of this new, second cancer, I am rich in minutes. Maybe not in years, or, who knows, even months. But minutes, yes. So, I try not to squander them.

Embodied Voices: A Conversation with Sonya Huber

So many of the metaphors we use that come from the body and bodily experience are ableist and predicated upon a notion of “normal.” In educational systems, that idea of “normal” has led to serious accessibility issues, to separate and unequal classrooms.

Can we be too alive together? A conversation with Chris Martin on poetry, autism, and our neurodivergent future

The way we arrange the conditions of our togetherness can allow all the writing to happen that beckons to happen.

Finding Enchantment in the Ordinary: A Conversation with Meng Jin

The reason why so many of these stories have metafictional elements is that I was trying to write in an ethical way while feeling like a professional liar.

Sustaining our Creative Practice: An Interview with May-lee Chai

Writing is what sustains me and gets me through. It’s the one place where we have control, and even if terrible things happen, it's not someone else making the terrible things happen.

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