your heart is a muscle the size of a fist
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #84: Susan DeFreitas
Picture this: a curbside juggler with a rose between his teeth. That’s the opening image of Susan DeFreitas’s powerful debut novel, Hot Season. Vivid (and sometimes strange) images strike again and again, conjuring ponderosa pines, cafés, old houses, and new…
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Sari Wilson
The Rumpus Book Club chats with Sari Wilson about her new book Girl Through Glass, the demands of the dance world, and New York City as a character.
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Radical Empathy
Empathy is a radical act, particularly when you use it to connect with people who are very different from you. Loving others is wonderful, but caring for others is profound. Sunil Yapa, author of Your Heart Is a Muscle the…
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The Rumpus Interview with Sunil Yapa
Sunil Yapa discusses his debut novel, Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist, radical empathy, growing up surrounded by politics, and losing the first draft of his novel in Chile.
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Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist by Sunil Yapa
Kavita Das reviews Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of Your Fist by Sunil Yapa today in Rumpus Books.