The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Melissa Febos
Melissa Febos discusses her new essay collection, GIRLHOOD.
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We Can Be Both Torn and Whole: Talking with Jeannine Ouellette
Jeannine Ouelette discusses her debut memoir, THE PART THAT BURNS.
Fundamentally, Necessarily Vulnerable: A Conversation with jamie hood
jamie hood discusses her debut book, HOW TO BE A GOOD GIRL.
The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Randa Jarrar
Randa Jarrar discusses her new memoir, LOVE IS AN EX-COUNTRY.
The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore discusses her new book, THE FREEZER DOOR.
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.
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #88: Sarah Gerard
Sarah Gerard’s dazzling second book, Sunshine State, is a collection of essays interlacing narrative nonfiction and personal essay. The thirty-one year old Brooklynite teaches nonfiction and writes a monthly column…
The Rumpus Interview with Melissa Febos
Melissa Febos discusses Abandon Me, confessional writing, Billie Holiday, reenacting trauma, cataloguing narratives, and searching for identity.
The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Fairy Tales, Trauma, Writing into Dissociation
Our bodies are incredible and intelligent things.
The Rumpus Interview with Monica Sok
Monica Sok discusses her award-winning poetry chapbook Year Zero, her interest in Southeast Asian history, and living in isolation.
The Rumpus Interview with Blair Braverman
Blair Braverman discusses her latest book, Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North, gendered travel narratives, and the pressure to write about personal trauma.
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Jennifer Whitaker
Jennifer Whitaker discusses her new collection The Blue Hour, persona poems, the violence in fairy tales, and writing about sexual abuse.