Exceptional Pain and Power: Lima :: Limón by Natalie Scenters-Zapico
See how visceral? Before I opened this book, I felt I was already inside it.
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On Beloveds, Birds, and the Expansiveness of Space: Talking with Paige Lewis
Paige Lewis discusses their debut collection of poetry, SPACE STRUCK.
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Days Since Last Workplace Injury
It feels like a luxury to have just enough.
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Deep, Wide, and Ridiculous: Talking with Diane Seuss
Diane Seuss discusses her most recent collection, STILL LIFE WITH TWO DEAD PEACOCKS AND A GIRL.
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At Home and Not at Home Everywhere: A Conversation with Xu Xi
Xu Xi discusses her new essay collection, THIS FISH IS FOWL.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Jeannie Vanasco
Jeannie Vanasco discusses her new memoir, THINGS WE DIDN’T TALK ABOUT WHEN I WAS A GIRL.
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The Mentor Series: Preti Taneja and Maureen Freely
Preti Taneja interviews her mentor, Maureen Freely.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Shelter in Place
I tell Kurinda I’d lie flat on the floor under a pile of jackets.
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The Mentor Series: Leslie Jamison and Elizabeth McCracken
Leslie Jamison interviews her mentor, Elizabeth McCracken.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Ayşe Papatya Bucak
Ayşe Papatya Bucak discusses her debut story collection, THE TROJAN WAR MUSEUM.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #192: Lara Vapnyar
“This novel is my most intimate and biographical.”
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Subtle Connections: A Conversation with Gregory Spatz
Gregory Spatz discusses his newest book, WHAT COULD BE SAVED.
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Poetry Is Wild: Talking with Ariel Francisco
Ariel Francisco discusses his forthcoming second collection, A SINKING SHIP IS STILL A SHIP.
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Trudging Down Death Road
Reveal yourself. Reveal yourself. You cannot be dead. Reveal yourself.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #184: Caroline Hagood
“I wanted to write a manifesto on the artistic act of a woman looking and making.”
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Split Chins, Open Coats
My whistle was useless. Using it felt like an insult.
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A Correspondence: On the Humanity of Literature
If literature functions as a mirror of the world, why was it that some of us weren’t being reflected at all?
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The Mentor Series: Kimberly King Parsons and Victoria Redel
Kimberly King Parsons interviews her mentor, Victoria Redel.
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Intersecting and Diverging Narratives: Talking with Michele Filgate
Michele Filgate discusses her forthcoming anthology, WHAT MY MOTHER AND I DON’T TALK ABOUT.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: New Hallways, New Doors
Now it is nearly fall, and the baby is small and pink.
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How to Become a Poet: A Conversation with Ashley M. Jones
“You don’t have to drink yourself into the Great American Poetry Masterpiece.”
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Poet-Cosmologist: A Conversation with Bruce Beasley
“The cusp of errand and awe is where poetry always is for me.”
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #140: Alicia Kopf
“We need narrative patterns to understand reality.”
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Winning Always Involves Sacrificing: Talking with Dickson Lam
Dickson Lam discusses his debut memoir, Paper Sons, the writing advice that transformed his approach to thee book, and the duty of a memoirist.
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ENOUGH: Please Have a Seat
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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What Is Vibrant and Hidden: A Conversation with Jenny Boully
Jenny Boully discusses her new book, Betwixt-and-Between: Essays on the Writing Life, construction of voice, occupying liminal spaces, and editing with sincerity.
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The Last Poem I Loved : “The Planned Child” by Sharon Olds
The poem is no longer a part of the book I own. I ripped it out, had it framed, and nailed it to the wall right next to the door in our master bedroom.
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Woven from Dreams: A Conversation with Kiki Petrosino
Kiki Petrosino discusses her newest collection, Witch Wife, the career she’d have in an alternate universe, and the relationship between reading and writing.
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The Last Poem I Loved: “Seniors” by D. Nurkse
How do we counterbalance or offset our knowledge of particular crimes, particularly those that are so pervasive?
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VISIBLE: Women Writers of Color: Renee Simms
Renee Simms discusses her debut collection, Meet Behind Mars, leaving law to become a writer, and writing through major life changes.
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