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spirits

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  • Marissa Korbel
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The Thread: Ghosts at the Door

  • Marissa Korbel
  • November 19, 2019
Ghosts, like women as people, are just a theory.
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  • Deesha Philyaw
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A Spirit Born into a Human Body: Talking with Akwaeke Emezi

  • Deesha Philyaw
  • February 21, 2018
Akwaeke Emezi discusses her debut novel, Freshwater, her public and private identities, and deciding when to translate culture for readers.
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R.I.P.: The Time Is Near

  • Lee Matalone
  • January 21, 2016
This wasn’t my first attempt to commune with the dead.
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The Rumpus Interview with Sandra Cisneros

  • Olivia Olivia
  • January 13, 2016
Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street, talks about her new memoir, A House of My Own, living in a post-9/11 era, and the necessity of heartbreak.
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Saturday Morning Links

  • Brian Spears
  • August 15, 2009
Morning, everyone. Here are some links to get your weekend started. I suspect that I’ll never be buying in a bar where bartenders harvest the grain that makes their spirits.…
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