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Rumpus Original Fiction: The Howard County Rapture

  • Stephen Sacco
  • February 26, 2020
It was a Friday morning at 9:34 a.m. when the Rapture occurred.
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Between Illusion and Reality: A Conversation with Erin Pringle

  • Shannon Perri
  • February 21, 2020
Erin Pringle discusses her debut novel, HEZADA! I MISS YOU.
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No One Is Disposable: Talking with Emma Copley Eisenberg

  • Sarah Perry
  • January 13, 2020
Emma Copley Eisenberg discusses THE THIRD RAINBOW GIRL.
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Barbara Berman’s 2019 Holiday Poetry Shout-Out

  • Barbara Berman
  • December 12, 2019
Barbara Berman's 2019 Poetry Shout-Out!
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Deep, Wide, and Ridiculous: Talking with Diane Seuss

  • Frances Donovan
  • December 4, 2019
Diane Seuss discusses her most recent collection, STILL LIFE WITH TWO DEAD PEACOCKS AND A GIRL.
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The Spot You’re Standing In: A Conversation with Chris Dennis

  • Emily Robbins
  • November 13, 2019
Chris Dennis discusses his debut story collection, HERE IS WHAT YOU DO.
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Grounded by Circumstance: Tina Barr’s Green Target

  • Sarah Freligh
  • October 18, 2019
Barr is an astonishing image-maker, adept in creating significance through anthimeria.
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Slouching Toward Vantage: A Conversation with Taneum Bambrick

  • Aileen Keown Vaux
  • August 28, 2019
Taneum Bambrick discusses her debut poetry collection, VANTAGE.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #180: De’Shawn Charles Winslow

  • Jad Josey
  • June 13, 2019
“Everyone, to varying degrees, is in everyone’s business and life.”
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No-Man’s Land: A Conversation with Angela Mitchell

  • Louise Marburg
  • February 22, 2019
Angela Mitchell discusses her debut collection, UNNATURAL HABITATS & OTHER STORIES.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #110: Gabrielle Bell

  • A.E. Osworth
  • November 16, 2017
"We create little rituals to give us some kind of illusion of safety, to keep ourselves sane."
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Swinging Modern Sounds #84: Music for Spaceships

  • Rick Moody
  • November 9, 2017
Perhaps space is an inevitable resting place for music of this kind, because time is completely different when conceived of in the vastness of space, and not only because of relativity.
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