The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #121: CLS Ferguson
"Because that’s how memories are, right? Little flashes."
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #120: Jeannie Vanasco
"If you’ve ever seen a video by somebody running and filming at the same time, that’s what the world looked like: shaky, fast, in and out of focus."
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #119: Joyce Maynard
"I was diving straight into the wave, right into the source of my greatest grief."
The Rumpus Mini-Interview #118: John Ridley
"It was about showing people taking, or denying, responsibility."
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #117: Paula Carter
"One of my core beliefs is that, by sharing our stories, we come to understand each other more and build empathy."
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #116: David Lazar
"Becoming an essayist has always seemed to me as a bit of a pratfall."
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #114: Chelsea Martin
"I think time is really undervalued by people who come from money because they just have the time."
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #113: Tom Stern
"[T]his admittedly bizarre idea just came into focus for me that Walter was actually pregnant with his own twin brother who would be obsessed with getting his MBA."
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #112: Roz Chast
" I think when you really love something, you notice the minutiae. It’s partly how you make something your own."
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #111: Alexandra Kleeman
"Are we going to try to restore our country to the condition it was in before, or we going to try to imagine something better?"
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #110: Gabrielle Bell
"We create little rituals to give us some kind of illusion of safety, to keep ourselves sane."