Inevitable Uncertainties: A Conversation with Joyce Hinnefeld
Joyce Hinnefeld discusses her new story collection, THE BEAUTY OF THEIR YOUTH.
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Posts Tagged: short stories
Rumpus Original Fiction: First Love
We met in a dorm hallway, half past midnight.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview #210: Melissa Ragsly
“I am the salt; the stories are the food.”
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Doing This Wild Thing: A Conversation with Leesa Cross-Smith
Leesa Cross-Smith discusses her new story collection, SO WE CAN GLOW.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: The Howard County Rapture
It was a Friday morning at 9:34 a.m. when the Rapture occurred.
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The Body Uncanny: Verge by Lidia Yuknavitch
Though the stories vary in length and scope, each cuts deep into a truth of humanity.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: The Witch House
What was I now? A witness? A victim? A mother? A suspect?
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No Resolutions: Talking with Lidia Yuknavitch
Lidia Yuknavitch discusses her new story collection, VERGE.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: The Mother We Share
This is what happens when I listen. I react.
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The Good, the Bad, and the Unf*ckwittable: Talking with Ron A. Austin
Ron A. Austin discusses his debut novel, AVERY COLT IS A THIEF, A SNAKE, A LIAR.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #204: Paulina Flores
“Working with words is a quest, not blind, but in the darkness.”
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The Planet Will Survive Us: A Conversation with Liz Breazeale
Liz Breazeale discusses her debut story collection, EXTINCTION EVENTS.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Leigh Camacho Rourks
Leigh Camacho Rourks discusses her debut story collection MOON TREES AND OTHER ORPHANS.
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The Spot You’re Standing In: A Conversation with Chris Dennis
Chris Dennis discusses his debut story collection, HERE IS WHAT YOU DO.
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Friction Wherever You Go: A Conversation with Kate Wisel
Kate Wisel discusses her debut story collection, DRIVING IN CARS WITH HOMELESS MEN.
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The Rumpus Interview Mini-Interview Project #196: Cathy Ulrich
“I hope it will mean as much to readers as it does to me.”
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Rumpus Original Fiction: On the Last Day, the Ancestors Came
If this were the end, May needed to see.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Field Medicine”
I didn’t belong on this planet. This kind of place could not be my home.
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A Kind of Cartography: Talking with Elizabeth Geoghegan
Elizabeth Geoghegan discusses her debut story collection, EIGHTBALL.
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Attracted to the Dark: A Conversation with Emily W. Pease
Emily W. Pease discusses her debut story collection, LET ME OUT HERE.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Shelter in Place
I tell Kurinda I’d lie flat on the floor under a pile of jackets.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Ayşe Papatya Bucak
Ayşe Papatya Bucak discusses her debut story collection, THE TROJAN WAR MUSEUM.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Em
For her twenty-first birthday, Kiều’s younger siblings set fire to her bed.
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Subtle Connections: A Conversation with Gregory Spatz
Gregory Spatz discusses his newest book, WHAT COULD BE SAVED.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Someone Will Come and Get Us
It always feels like I’m making a mistake on purpose.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #190: R.L. Maizes
“We all fail to do the right thing some of the time.”
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Rumpus Exclusive: The Intro to PEN America Best Debut Short Stories 2019
A list like this will probably mean more to you once you’ve read the book.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Gauri Kalyanam
Her heartbeat is a history folded into a vessel.
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Modern Lives We Lived: Xuan Juliana Wang’s Home Remedies
Social and economic forces are always pressing on the characters in Wang’s work.
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This Thing of Existence: Talking with Rion Amilcar Scott
Rion Amilcar Scott discusses his new story collection, THE WORLD DOESN’T REQUIRE YOU.
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