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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Circling Backwards, Snaking Sideways: Talking with Sharlene Teo
Sharlene Teo discusses her debut novel, PONTI.
A Séance of a Book: Talking with Allie Rowbottom
Allie Rowbottom discusses her debut memoir, JELL-O GIRLS.
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #145: Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint
“Categories are, by definition, externally created and applied.”
We’re All Unreliable Narrators: Talking with R.O. Kwon
R.O. Kwon discusses her debut novel, THE INCENDIARIES.
The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Meghan Flaherty
Meghan Flaherty discusses her debut memoir, Tango Lessons, how the book found its current format, and writing a memoir at a young age.
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.
Reading Other People’s Mail: Talking with Michelle Dean
Michelle Dean discusses Sharp: The Women Who Made an Art of Having an Opinion, literary legends, and the absence of Black writers from the narrative.
What to Read When You Want to Read about Feminist Saints
A list from Julia Pierpont to celebrate the release of The Little Book of Feminist Saints.
The House of Fiction Has Many Rooms: Talking with Sigrid Nunez
Sigrid Nunez discusses her seventh novel, The Friend, her fondness for writing about animals, and the ways the literary world has changed.
Moving Toward Answers: A Conversation with Stephen Mills
Poet Stephen Mills discusses his first two collections, He Do the Gay Man in Different Voices and A History of the Unmarried, teaching writing, and what's next.
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."