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Form Revealing Itself: A Conversation with Liz Prato

  • Katie Collins-Guinn
  • September 9, 2020
Liz Prato discusses her essay collection VOLCANOES, PALM TREES, AND PRIVILEGE.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #227: Karen Salyer McElmurray

  • Chris Moore
  • July 23, 2020
“You’re solving this mystery, you’re taking this journey, but that’s only an opening to another journey.”
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Something to React To: A Conversation with Ivy Pochoda

  • Svetlana Satchkova
  • April 29, 2020
Ivy Pochoda discusses her newest novel, THESE WOMEN.
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Turning the Tide: A Conversation with Tope Folarin

  • Wana Udobang
  • March 2, 2020
Tope Folarin discusses his debut novel, A PARTICULAR KIND OF BLACK MAN.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Elissa Washuta and Theresa Warburton

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • July 24, 2019
Elissa Washuta and Theresa Warburton discusses SHAPES OF NATIVE NONFICTION.
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The Real People: A Conversation with Rebecca Makkai

  • Chelsea Voulgares
  • May 25, 2018
Rebecca Makkai discusses her forthcoming third novel, The Great Believers, how she arrived at the book’s structure, and the story and its characters.
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Structure as Lightning Rod

  • Kirstin Allio
  • September 1, 2016
Writing for The Millions, M.C. Mah turns over all the cards in the deck on structure in storytelling. He gathers words of wisdom—and many metaphors—from luminaries like John McPhee, Borges,…
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The Saturday Rumpus Interview with Ramona Ausubel

  • Penny Perkins
  • August 20, 2016
I find tremendous hope in the act of storytelling—the way we can redirect energy, to reclaim history, to build back lives that have been otherwise upset.
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The Rumpus Interview with Charles Bock

  • Francesca Giacco
  • April 22, 2016
Charles Bock discusses his new novel, Alice & Oliver, the challenges of writing from experience, and how art and life can mirror one another.
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The Rumpus Interview with Louisa Hall

  • Danielle Susi
  • December 2, 2015
Author Louisa Hall discusses her latest novel, Speak, the future of artificial intelligence, and how playing squash taught her a love of literary technique.
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The Rumpus Interview with Mary Karr

  • Emma Winsor Wood
  • September 30, 2015
Mary Karr talks about her new book The Art of Memoir, the perception of memoir from a "trashy" form, the virtues of poetry, and the complexity of truth-telling.
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The Rumpus Interview with Les Standiford

  • Julie Marie Wade
  • August 10, 2015
Prolific writer and Director of the FIU Creative Writing Program Les Standiford takes a look back at his career in books, including Water to the Angels and Bringing Adam Home, and tells us what's next.
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