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Fighting the Weightiness of Metaphors: A Conversation with M. Leona Godin

  • Kerry Kijewski
  • August 27, 2021
Dr. M. Leona Godin discusses her new book, THERE PLANT EYES.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Amy Mackelden and Dr. Dylan Jaggard

  • Daniel Sluman
  • August 19, 2021
“We wanted to give voice to people who are often spoken for.”
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Voices on Addiction: A Conversation with Erin Khar

  • Tessa Torgeson
  • March 10, 2020
Erin Khar discusses her debut memoir, STRUNG OUT.
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Mama’s Fancy Stripper Heels: Working Mothers Dish

  • Jessie Glenn
  • August 27, 2019
[A] person’s labor is not indicative of their parenting.
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The Torment of Queer Literature

  • Kelly Caldwell
  • June 21, 2018
Queer literature isn’t a box to unlock so that it can unlock me.
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Written in Chalk: What It Means to Be Crazy

  • Jenessa Abrams
  • April 17, 2017
As truth becomes more elusive, as fact blends with fiction, we ought to take notice of how we categorize people, as categorization seems to be married to suppression, to disenfranchisement.
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The Rumpus Interview with Jamie Brickhouse

  • Olivia Kate Cerrone
  • June 24, 2016
Jamie Brickhouse discusses Dangerous When Wet: A Memoir of Booze, Sex, and My Mother, a memoir that chronicles his intimate, near-fatal journey through alcoholism, and living HIV positive.
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The Rumpus Interview with Melissa Gira Grant

  • Amanda Bloom
  • September 23, 2015
Melissa Gira Grant talks sex workers’ rights, labor politics, the novelty of women’s sexuality, and her book, Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work.
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Beautiful Things That Happen in the Dark: A Conversation with Eon McKai

  • Antonia Crane
  • July 31, 2014
Antonia Crane talks to Vivid Alt's Eon McKai about stigma, sex, and becoming a porn auteur.
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