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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #206: Tina May Hall

  • Anne Valente
  • February 6, 2020
“[I]t was thrilling to try to push up against genre and density of language and see what strange hybrids emerged.”
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Traveler in Residence

  • Jona Xhepa
  • February 6, 2020
Then a light turns on and a panic sets in, like noise: unassailable, unnameable.
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The Right Wrong Note: A Conversation with Garth Greenwell

  • Garrard Conley
  • January 15, 2020
Garth Greenwell discusses his new book, CLEANNESS.
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Growing the Courage: A Conversation with Frances Badalamenti

  • Chloe Caldwell
  • June 28, 2019
Frances Badalamenti discusses her debut novel, I DON'T BLAME YOU.
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The Mystery Tugs: Talking with Joel Mowdy

  • Tommy Dean
  • June 19, 2019
Joel Mowdy discusses his debut story collection, FLOYD HARBOR.
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What Lurks Below: A Conversation with Chloe Aridjis

  • Haley Sherif
  • January 30, 2019
Chloe Aridjis discusses her forthcoming novel, SEA MONSTERS.
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Any Day Now: A Conversation with Anjali Sachdeva

  • Ed Simon
  • July 6, 2018
Anjali Sachdeva discusses her debut story collection, ALL THE NAMES THEY USED FOR GOD.
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A Community of the People: Tommy Orange’s There There

  • Alex Cavanaugh
  • June 27, 2018
THERE THERE does not settle, it unsettles.
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Change Is Necessary: A Conversation with Kristen Arnett

  • Maggie Cooper
  • April 11, 2018
Kristen Arnett discusses her debut collection, Felt in the Jaw, how place informs writing, and deciding to hold her book release party at a local 7-Eleven.
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The Rumpus Interview with Bonnie Jo Campbell

  • Catherine Eaton
  • March 17, 2017
Bonnie Jo Campbell discusses her collection Mothers, Tell Your Daughters, the natural world as a character, and finding writing from the male point of view easier.
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(K)ink: Writing While Deviant: E. A. Longfellow

  • Eric Longfellow
  • February 21, 2017
The way I think about my writing is similar to the way I think about my kink—both have to do with history and the ethics around appropriation.
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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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