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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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  • Brandon Hicks
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Cloud Boy: Part I

  • Brandon Hicks
  • June 3, 2018
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The Logic of the Book: Talking with Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich

  • Sharon Harrigan
  • September 13, 2017
Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich discusses The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir, the importance of narrative structure, and the difference between facts and stories.
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Peeping under the Goddamn Door: The Price of Empathy in S-Town

  • Wendy Willis
  • June 22, 2017
[F]or the first time, I really see the tradeoffs between privacy and honest-to-god, up-close empathy.
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: We Aren’t Killers; They Are

  • Leslie Jill Patterson
  • May 20, 2017
One story mirrors our identity—any of us could be falsely accused! The other tale is about the Other—because it’s unfathomable that one of us would commit murder. We aren’t killers; they are.
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Casting JonBenét and the Pageantry of Brokenness

  • Nina Lohman Cilek
  • April 27, 2017
It is an uncomfortable admission, but we hunger for stories that sensationalize the extremes of human behavior. We want to crawl under the police tape and see the outlines of bodies.
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Death Becomes Her

  • Adam Keller
  • April 15, 2016
I’m going to learn to let my murder flag fly, flap by tiny blood-stained flap. For some, the fantasy isn’t enough. They have to read about real people dying in…
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The Read Along: Kelsey Miller

  • Kelsey Osgood
  • March 30, 2016
The Read Along is a new column that offers a glimpse into the reading habits of real-life writers. Our first installment features Kelsey Miller, author of the memoir Big Girl and columnist at Refinery29.
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Serial: A Rumpus Roundup

  • Ian MacAllen
  • December 30, 2014
This American Life spinoff Serial is a nonfiction podcast told over multiple episodes. Premiering back in October, Serial explores the case of Adnan Syed, who has been sentenced to life in…
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Weekly Geekery

  • Lyz Lenz
  • December 30, 2014
Building an academic audience. The technology of your childhood. Academic innovation and the blame game. Pain and your brain and gain. When Reddit and journalism collide.
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Weekly Geekery

  • Lyz Lenz
  • December 16, 2014
Victorians: The original futurists. Can Sony stop the leaks? Can social media stop vitriol and still maintain freedom of speech? Should you go to jail for your Facebook profile? What…
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True Lies

  • Alex Norcia
  • December 11, 2014
At Salon, Laura Miller covers a recent update in the ongoing criticism of—and legal proceedings involving—Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood. Ronald Nye, the son of Harold Nye, a former agent…
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