Rumpus Original Fiction: Notes Toward the End of the World
At the beginning of the trip, we couldn’t wait to reach the end of the world.
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Posts Tagged: willa cather
Nodding to the Unknowable: A Conversation with Theodore Wheeler
Theodore Wheeler discusses his new novel, IN OUR OTHER LIVES.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #232: Mary Morris
“To really write, I need to hold a pen.”
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Neither Wicked Witch nor Fairy Godmother”
[W]hat was going wrong? Why were our stories not being written or published?
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The Mentor Series: Cynthia Newberry Martin and Pam Houston
Cynthia Newberry Martin interviews her mentor, Pam Houston.
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The Desire to Be: Talking with Garrard Conley and Taylor Larsen
Garrard Conley and Taylor Larsen discuss their recent work.
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Off the Interstate, into Real Experience: Talking with Erica Trabold
Erica Trabold discusses her debut essay collection, FIVE PLOTS.
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Any Day Now: A Conversation with Anjali Sachdeva
Anjali Sachdeva discusses her debut story collection, ALL THE NAMES THEY USED FOR GOD.
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Motivation and Humanity: A Conversation with Carrie La Seur
Carrie La Seur discusses her new novel, The Weight of an Infinite Sky, standing up for what you know is right, and the writers who inspire her.
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Messy and Complicated and Real: Talking with Laura Pritchett
Author Laura Pritchett discusses her two most recent books, death, sex, and being rural in modern America.
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The Rumpus Interview with Lucy Jane Bledsoe
Lucy Jane Bledsoe discusses her latest book, A Thin Bright Line, uncovering the remarkable story of her aunt, and illuminating history through the lens of imagination.
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Anna March’s Reading Mixtape #15: Beautiful Renderings of Complex Locales
In both fiction and non-fiction, I love a book that helps us unravel ourselves by illuminating place, a book that transports me from here to there. These six books will take you far… and deliver you.
...moreWilla Cather on Happiness
I was entirely happy. Perhaps we feel like that when we die and become a part of something entire, whether it is sun and air, or goodness and knowledge. Brain Pickings shares with us a beautiful little vignette from Willa Cather’s masterpiece, My Ántonia, describing happiness in a perfect and simple way: with a character […]
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The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Symposium on Plot (Road)
A rural meditation on the meaning of plot and place.
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