The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #221: Noah C. Lekas
“Hopefully, the takeaway is the journey.”
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...moreJoyce Hinnefeld discusses her new story collection, THE BEAUTY OF THEIR YOUTH.
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...moreTope Folarin discusses his debut novel, A PARTICULAR KIND OF BLACK MAN.
...moreHoward Axelrod discusses his new book, THE STARS IN OUR POCKETS.
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...moreR. Eric Thomas discusses his debut memoir-in-essays, HERE FOR IT.
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...moreWhat exactly is a platform? How do you create one?
...more“[P]art of writing is cementing some sort of memory.”
...moreIn such a context, Dana Levin’s particular apocalypses deserve another look.
...moreIsobel O’Hare discusses her debut full-length collection, ALL THIS CAN BE YOURS.
...more“We all fail to do the right thing some of the time.”
...moreKeah Brown discusses her debut essay collection, THE PRETTY ONE.
...moreReveal yourself. Reveal yourself. You cannot be dead. Reveal yourself.
...moreFranny Choi discusses her second collection, SOFT SCIENCE.
...moreMaybe the worst part about living with this is that it doesn’t leave me.
...more“I wanted it to feel like it was done with urgency because it was.”
...more“I see objects and things as reliquaries that can hold stories.”
...moreEverything is political. To believe otherwise is a form of willful ignorance.
...moreDebut author Allie Rowbottom interviews her mentor, Maggie Nelson.
...moreMisogyny reminds us of our place: down girl.
...moreLangston, I am finally at the table, eating with everyone.
...moreThrough drill, artists have a means of exploring and challenging the political marginalization of their voices.
...moreMonica Prince discusses writing, advocacy, and the art of the choreopoem.
...moreSarah McCoy discusses MARILLA OF GREEN GABLES.
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