Down the Rabbit Hole: Eugene Lim’s Search History
Lim has written before about experimental fiction and the need to slough off such conventions of narrative as plot.
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Posts Tagged: technology
Picasso Shares His Screen
The faces of the students appeared one by one, both there and not.
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Long Live the Book: Jessica Pressman’s Bookishness
It opens a field of inquiry that stretches to the far corners of culture.
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Making Sure It Fits: A Conversation with Jon Chaiim McConnell
Jon Chaiim McConnell discusses his new novella, THRUM.
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There Are No Rules: A Conversation with Jo Lloyd
Jo Lloyd discusses her debut story collection, SOMETHING WONDERFUL.
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The Isolation of Millennial Life: Ancco’s Nineteen
Nineteen is a book that’s by turns smart, sad, and scathing.
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Panic Mode: The Influencing Machine by Brooke Gladstone and Josh Neufeld
Cyclical patterns of journalism notwithstanding, Gladstone sees this moment as uniquely concerning.
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Digital Space Is Real Space: Talking with A.E. Osworth
A.E. Osworth discusses their debut novel, WE ARE WATCHING ELIZA BRIGHT.
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My Grandmother Glitches the Machine
It’s true that when I speak of machines I also mean dimensions.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: The Next Unicorn
My job was to help people suspend disbelief.
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Agency Over Anything Else: Talking with Elle Nash
Elle Nash discusses her new short story collection, NUDES.
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Everything Is Malleable: Talking with Lauren Oyler
Lauren Oyler discusses her debut novel, FAKE ACCOUNTS.
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FUNNY WOMEN: Hire Me, a Hype Man, for Your Next Zoom Presentation
My work starts before you even enter the Zoom room.
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Queen of That Universe
The realm of sound yields to me, sits at my feet. I can switch on. Or not.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #229: Joshua Harmon
“Technology is our most common landscape, no?”
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Peering in at Life: A Conversation with Mary South
Mary South discusses her debut story collection, YOU WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Tracy O’Neill
Tracy O’Neill discusses her new novel QUOTIENTS.
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Fields of Light
Light reflects differently off near and faraway objects. It’s all about the light.
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Nothing Gets Solved: Talking with Kevin Nguyen
Kevin Nguyen discusses his debut novel, NEW WAVES.
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An Oasis from the Constant Noise of Life: Talking with Alexandra Chang
Alexandra Chang discusses her debut novel, DAYS OF DISTRACTION.
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Opening New Doors and Windows: Talking with Daniel Chacón
Daniel Chacón discusses his new collection, KAFKA IN A SKIRT: STORIES FROM THE WALL®.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview #210: Melissa Ragsly
“I am the salt; the stories are the food.”
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The Lenses We Can’t See: A Conversation with Howard Axelrod
Howard Axelrod discusses his new book, THE STARS IN OUR POCKETS.
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Interestingness Is Always There: Talking with Jenny Odell
Jenny Odell discusses HOW TO DO NOTHING: RESISTING THE ATTENTION ECONOMY.
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The Last Book I Loved: Re-reading Dana Levin’s Banana Palace in 2019
In such a context, Dana Levin’s particular apocalypses deserve another look.
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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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FUNNY WOMEN: Introducing Alex, the Male Alexa
Meet Alex: a new smart speaker designed by the very best in Silicon Valley.
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A Complicated, Shifting Subjectivity: Talking with Franny Choi
Franny Choi discusses her second collection, SOFT SCIENCE.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Franny Choi
Franny Choi discusses her new collection, SOFT SCIENCE.
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