Read Features & Reviews Interviews Rumpus Original The Rumpus Interview with Saleem Haddad Ben SandmanOctober 21, 2016 Saleem Haddad discusses his debut novel Guapa, the Orlando shootings, the importance of queer spaces, and Arab literature.Read
Read Music Rumpus Original America Again Lara DownesOctober 20, 2016 I felt urgently that it was the moment to tell the story of what I’ve learned about American music—or maybe about being an American.Read
Other “Let America be America Again” Liv LansdaleAugust 25, 2014 In an interview with The New Yorker, Graywolf poet Claudia Rankine discusses Ferguson, James Baldwin, and the experience of invisibility: “[T]he sort of execution-style shooting takes [Michael Brown’s shooting] to…Read