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Coat Full of Pockets: A Story Collection Roundtable

  • Allie Rowbottom
  • June 17, 2021
With Dantiel W. Moniz, Kimberly King Parsons, Mary South, Xuan Juliana Wang, and Ashley Wurzbacher.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Meg Pokrass

  • Audra Kerr Brown
  • June 17, 2021
“The book is about the complicated problem of loving.”
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Purity Party

  • Bailey Cunningham
  • June 16, 2021
I used to be able to teach sex without thinking about sex.
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Unsettled Memories: First Person Singular by Haruki Murakami

  • Jean Huets
  • June 9, 2021
Author and narrator, fiction and memory, never settle comfortably into their proper places.
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On Monsters and Mythology: A Conversation with Alex DiFrancesco

  • Jessica Mannion
  • June 9, 2021
Alex DiFrancesco discusses their new story collection, TRANSMUTATION.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Sayantani Dasgupta

  • Madhushree Ghosh
  • May 27, 2021
“I wanted to write a story that doesn’t shy away from the problems but one that’s also hopeful.”
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Poor People Disappear

  • Ira Sukrungruang
  • May 26, 2021
Nothing is not right. There is no indication there has ever been a house.
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Writing toward Meaning: A Conversation with Ethel Rohan

  • Mackenzie Rohan
  • May 19, 2021
Ethel Rohan discusses her new story collection, IN THE EVENT OF CONTACT.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Sin Miedo

  • Marcela Fuentes
  • May 12, 2021
Just the two of us. Daddy and me. Charro and escaramuza.
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Place, Patois, and a Pinch of Politics: A Conversation with Celeste Mohammed

  • Jody Hobbs Hesler
  • May 10, 2021
Celeste Mohammed discusses her debut novel-in-stories, PLEASANTVIEW.
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Illuminating the Darkness: Madeleine L’Engle’s The Moment of Tenderness

  • Emma Boggs
  • May 5, 2021
For anyone looking for some truth and tenderness amidst a still-trying time, look no further.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Shannon McLeod

  • Rebecca van Laer
  • April 29, 2021
“In my own experience, anxiety entails dwelling on the past.”
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