Becoming American in the Age of Trump
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...moreTo say the past is in the past ignores the abundant ways it controls their lived experience.
...moreI refuse to play the part, but I play the part.
...moreKarla Cornejo Villavicencio discusses her first book, THE UNDOCUMENTED AMERICANS.
...moreJuliana Delgado Lopera discusses their new novel, FIEBRE TROPICAL.
...more“[W]e don’t see the complexity of the individual experience.”
...moreWe must find a way to keep the roots of love and justice strong.
...moreAuthor Mariana Dimópulos and translator Alice Whitmore discuss ALL MY GOODBYES.
...moreRajiv Mohabir discusses his second collection, The Cowherd’s Son, his work as a translator, and resisting erasure in a racist America.
...moreWe thought we were in the black, but we’re dripping blood red.
...moreLove of country, some argue. With their boots firmly planted in my chest as I struggle to protest. No, that is not love, but blindness.
...moreAs a longtime fan, it pains me to say it, but Sarandon is everything that’s wrong with mainstream, non-intersectional white feminism.
...moreI picked up The Odyssey because I wanted to read about wanders and refugees. A story about a man who takes a decade to get home and is on a quest for safety seemed like a good place to start.
...moreAs we move backward in time, we must beware of yellow brick fallacies. Also: poppy fields, flying monkeys, and entrepreneurial wizards.
...moreFrom drugs to celebrities to murder to just plain good writing, here are five books that offer us a brief respite from the onslaught of terrifying news.
...moreLove. Because our collective survival depends on it.
...moreWelcome to This Week in Trumplandia. Check in with us every Thursday for a weekly roundup of the most pertinent and relevant content on our country, which is currently spiraling down a crappy toilet drain. You owe it to yourself, your communities, and your humanity to contribute whatever you can, even if it is just […]
...moreTo think of Brazil as a different place than I remember it is to think of my unbelonging, as someone out of place in my memory.
...moreRobin MacArthur discusses her debut story collection Half Wild, life in rural Vermont, and how narrative—and fiction—is key to reaching across what divides us.
...moreA bubble is a sphere of privilege, but it also provides the safety to mix up more soapy water and to blow new bubbles to protect what we hold dear.
...moreThe Rumpus Book Club chats with Jensen Beach about his short story collection Swallowed by the Cold, suburbia in Sweden, quiet racism, and writing a series of connected short stories.
...moreKim Brooks discusses her debut novel, The Houseguest, her approach to character and historical narrative, and the value of engaging readers with larger social issues through literature.
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