The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #154: Jaclyn Gilbert
“We have to create spaces for all voices to be heard in us.”
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Posts Tagged: trauma
The Voice Is a Social Construct: Talking with Kristina Marie Darling
Poet Kristina Marie Darling discusses the literary life, collaborative writing, and the power of experimental forms.
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The Thread: Forged in Fire
To control your story is to own your reality.
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ENOUGH: Handing Back the Shame
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary people that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Breathing into the Paper Bag: Talking with Jenny Valentish
Jenny Valentish discusses her memoir, WOMEN OF SUBSTANCES.
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Writing Back to History: A Conversation with Kiese Laymon
Kiese Laymon discusses his new memoir, HEAVY.
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Change Ourselves, Change the World: Talking with Lacy M. Johnson
Lacy M. Johnson discusses THE RECKONINGS.
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We Create Our Own Monsters: Talking with Rahna Reiko Rizzuto
Rahna Reiko Rizzuto discusses her newest book, SHADOW CHILD.
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Every Moment Is a Poem: A Conversation with with Ailey O’Toole
Ailey O’Toole discusses her forthcoming chapbook, GRIEF, AND WHAT COMES AFTER.
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Voices on Addiction: The Five Cs
The truth is different. The truth is always different.
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Facing a Lived Reality: A Conversation with Kelly Sundberg
Kelly Sundberg discusses her debut memoir, GOODBYE, SWEET GIRL.
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A Séance of a Book: Talking with Allie Rowbottom
Allie Rowbottom discusses her debut memoir, JELL-O GIRLS.
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Finding Her Way: The Devoted by Blair Hurley
[W]hat do you do when you meet the Buddha on the road?
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The Thread: Near Miss
I’ve seen them in the post office, or stapled to utility poles, fluttering in the evening breeze.
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Emboldened to Ask: A Conversation with Natalie Singer
Natalie Singer discusses her debut memoir, CALIFORNIA CALLING.
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ENOUGH: Rescue Me
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary people that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence
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The Body That Is Terra Nullius
My body is a terra nullius, belonging to no one, not even me.
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Different Voices: A Conversation with Crystal Hana Kim
Crystal Hana Kim discusses her debut novel, IF YOU LEAVE ME.
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What It Is to Be Human: Talking with Ottessa Moshfegh
Ottessa Moshfegh discusses her new novel, MY YEAR OF REST AND RELAXATION.
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We’re All Unreliable Narrators: Talking with R.O. Kwon
R.O. Kwon discusses her debut novel, THE INCENDIARIES.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #144: Cathy Linh Che
“I think a safe space is one of deep listening and deep caring.”
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ENOUGH: If You Hadn’t Happened
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary people that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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ENOUGH: Dissolution
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary people that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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You Can Never Escape the Jersey Shore
To watch Jersey Shore is to watch my fantasy, only it’s an imperfect recreation.
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Hannibal Lecter, My Therapist
In the dark, I felt at home in the underground bunker where the hospital stored its violent men.
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A Community of the People: Tommy Orange’s There There
THERE THERE does not settle, it unsettles.
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ENOUGH: Once You’re Trapped, You Lose the Game
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary people that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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All the Reasons I Texted My Rapist
Admitting I had been raped meant confronting the landscape of my sexual history.
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Struggling toward Truth: Porochista Khakpour’s Sick
Khakpour gathers courage, again and again, as she reaches into the most painful parts of her life, excavates them, and holds them up to the light.
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Winning Always Involves Sacrificing: Talking with Dickson Lam
Dickson Lam discusses his debut memoir, Paper Sons, the writing advice that transformed his approach to thee book, and the duty of a memoirist.
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