The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Mike Alberti
“I think about loss as echoes or circular structures.”
...more“I think about loss as echoes or circular structures.”
...moreWhere my masculinity dwells, I am in control.
...more“I always knew I wanted to write a queer saint holy book.”
...moreLanguage enacts violence through manipulation.
...moreFor the longest time, John Stanley’s Little Lulu was one of the best kept secrets in comics.
...moreQuin, too, must make sense of his behavior and the consequences.
...moreEnzo Silon Surin discusses his debut poetry collection, WHEN MY BODY WAS A CLINCHED FIST.
...moreMatthew Baker discusses his new story collection, WHY VISIT AMERICA.
...moreGenevieve Hudson discusses her debut novel, BOYS OF ALABAMA.
...moreLaura Bogart discusses her debut novel, DON’T YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU.
...more“I’m interested in beautiful events that are wrong.”
...moreIn this collection, women are “vesseled,” carrying the burdens of our culture.
...moreThere is pleasure in his eyes that is not just good acting.
...moreA Black boy, no matter how young, was not a child. He was a future criminal.
...moreSzczepan Twardoch discusses his novel, THE KING OF WARSAW.
...moreCooper Lee Bombardier discusses his first book, PASS WITH CARE: MEMOIRS.
...moreHealing is slow. Fast. Slow again.
...moreGirlhood remains, like the land, a constant site of male fascination, desire, and violence.
...moreDaniel Chacón discusses his new collection, KAFKA IN A SKIRT: STORIES FROM THE WALL®.
...moreIt’s a strange thing, seeing a reliable machine fail. Seeing a hero crash to earth.
...moreDrunk women are targets. Drunk men can be anything.
...moreLidia Yuknavitch discusses her new story collection, VERGE.
...moreTatyana Fazlalizadeh discusses her new book, STOP TELLING WOMEN TO SMILE.
...moreEmma Copley Eisenberg discusses THE THIRD RAINBOW GIRL.
...moreLindy West discusses her new essay collection, THE WITCHES ARE COMING.
...moreA Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
...moreA Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
...moreSaeed Jones discusses his new memoir, HOW WE FIGHT FOR OUR LIVES.
...moreJake Skeets discusses his debut poetry collection, EYES BOTTLE DARK WITH A MOUTHFUL OF FLOWERS.
...morePatrick Coleman discusses his debut novel, THE CHURCHGOER.
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