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Galaxies in Houston: A Conversation with Bryan Washington

  • Ruth LeFaive
  • March 18, 2019
Bryan Washington discusses his debut story collection, LOT.
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This Week in Indie Bookstores

  • Ian MacAllen
  • February 5, 2019
Indie bookstore news from across the country and around the world!
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Rumpus Original Fiction: What Kind of Love Is That?

  • Elizabeth Gonzalez James
  • September 12, 2018
Nothing in Texas came easy.
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How to Steal a Frozen Burrito

  • Roberto José Andrade Franco
  • June 28, 2018
If you ask me why I did it, I can’t give you a proper answer. I was hungry and didn’t have much money, but it wasn’t like I was homeless or went to sleep starving.
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They Prefer People to Die: On Trump, Borders, and Racism

  • Gris Muñoz
  • June 23, 2018
A good man doesn’t leave someone to die in the desert, and when he uses God’s name, he does it to bless, not to kill.
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What Is Vibrant and Hidden: A Conversation with Jenny Boully

  • S. Ferdowsi
  • May 30, 2018
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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Living in the Fulcrum: A Conversation with Mary H.K. Choi

  • Ivelisse Rodriguez
  • May 18, 2018
Mary H.K. Choi discusses her debut YA novel, Emergency Contact, her versatile writing career, and writing diverse Korean-American characters.
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What Did You Expect, Though?

  • Mallika Rao
  • March 6, 2018
The immune system, meant to protect a body from foreign invaders, works too assiduously, sees danger where there is none, turns on itself. Such conditions lend themselves to metaphor.
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  • Ian MacAllen
  • February 13, 2018
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On Lingerings

  • Jill Talbot
  • February 6, 2018
The U-Haul’s gone now. It made me sad earlier to look up and find its door locked. Maybe because I know how much ends when everything’s loaded.
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It’s Never That Easy: Talking with Deb Olin Unferth

  • Nina Moog
  • January 24, 2018
Deb Olin Unferth discusses Wait Till You See Me Dance and I, Parrot, her work with prisoners, and how she ended up with a pet dog.
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Slowly Converging Paths: A Conversation with Nate Blakeslee

  • Erica Berry
  • December 22, 2017
Nate Blakeslee discusses American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West, cultivating trust in his sources, and recreating action-packed scenes he did not witness.
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