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The Storming Bohemian Punks the Muse #32: Make the Soup

  • Charles Kruger
  • June 9, 2017
I am meditating. In a room in Rodeo, at the rickety old secretary/dresser I use as a desk. It is by a window. I look out at the roadway, and…
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The Storming Bohemian Punks the Muse #31: Pulling the Trigger on Father’s Day

  • Charles Kruger
  • June 2, 2017
June is an ambivalent month for me. As a child it meant the start of summer vacation, and weeks spent at my grandparent’s beautiful beach home in Hyannisport. This was…
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VISIBLE: Women Writers of Color: Tamiko Nimura

  • Deesha Philyaw
  • May 24, 2017
Tamiko Nimura talks about the influence of history, memory, and silence on her work; creating a private MFA for herself; and writing a generational memoir.
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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: 21 Poems That Shaped America (Pt. 13): “Letter to Simic from Boulder”

  • David Biespiel
  • May 23, 2017
"Wherever you are on earth, you are safe,” writes Richard Hugo. Really?
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The Rumpus Interview with Viet Thanh Nguyen

  • Beverly Parayno
  • March 8, 2017
Viet Than Nguyen discusses his story collection The Refugees, growing up in a Vietnamese community in San Jose in the 1980s, and the power of secondhand memories.
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: The Living Wound

  • Chelsea T. Hicks
  • February 11, 2017
Ancestors need a scratch, a stretch sometimes, too.
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The Rumpus Interview with Lucy Jane Bledsoe

  • Elizabeth Stark
  • January 13, 2017
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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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Chris Santiago

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • January 10, 2017
Chris Santigo on his new collection Tula, writing a multilingual text, and the connections between music and writing poetry.
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Maakies: German Christmas

  • Tony Millionaire
  • December 7, 2016
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #60: Leah Kaminsky

  • Stuart Waterman
  • December 1, 2016
Leah Kaminsky’s debut novel, The Waiting Room, depicts one fateful day in the life of an Australian doctor and mother, Dina, living in Haifa, Israel. Dina is trying to maintain…
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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: 21 Poems That Shaped America (Pt. 5): “The Lost Pilot”

  • David Biespiel
  • November 8, 2016
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Dedicate Your No-Trump Vote: Morris Collins

  • Morris Collins
  • October 31, 2016
Trump is on the ballot; we don’t need weapons to repudiate him, but the Blackshirts are marching in our streets.
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