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5 min read 2022-01-04 22:00:49

Still, Life: Intimacies by Katie Kitamura

What is it about an art exhibition in a novel? My favorites spark in my mind: the party scene in Bel Ami that reveals the Hungarian painting

12 min read 2022-01-03 15:01:35

A Cosmic Wade Through Uncertainty: Talking with Sequoia Nagamatsu

Rod Serling famously described the Twilight Zone, that mysterious, almost religious liminal space, as “a fifth dimension beyond that which is known

1 min read 2022-01-01 03:00:02

What to Read When Remembering bell hooks, Eve Babitz, and Joan Didion

The week of December 15 found the world just a little bit dimmer; within the span of seven days, bell hooks, Eve Babitz, and Joan Didion each passed

20 min read 2021-12-30 03:00:24

Rumpus Original Fiction: Self-Possession

You’re done with your classes for the day, and your roommate Melissa asks if you want to join her on a walk with some of your shared friends to the

4 min read 2021-12-29 22:00:45

How to Watch While Being Watched: Aisha Sabatini Sloan’s Borealis

During the height of the pandemic, I found myself daydreaming about night skies. I zeroed in on a spot in northern Pennsylvania officially designated

10 min read 2021-12-29 15:01:51

Learning the Hard Way: A Conversation with Kate Baer

It was 4 a.m. on God-knows-what-day-of-the-week because they’re all similar when you have a newborn. In the dark, I sat on my couch holding my son

14 min read 2021-12-29 03:00:54

ENOUGH: A Heat That Demands Attention

ENOUGH is a Rumpus series devoted to creating a dedicated space for essays, poetry, fiction, comics, and artwork by women, trans, and nonbinary

9 min read 2021-12-28 15:01:13

The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Cynthia Dewi Oka

The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Cynthia Dewi Oka about her new collection Fire Is Not a Country (TriQuarterly Books, 2021), engaging the

11 min read 2021-12-27 15:01:34

Every Moment Has Infinite Possibilities: A Conversation with Julie Iromuanya

I had the good fortune of meeting Julie Iromuanya several years ago when we were both teaching at the Cherry Tree Young Writers Conference, hosted by

8 min read 2021-12-23 15:01:59

A Fundamental Sense of Mystery: Talking with Cara Blue Adams

Cara Blue Adams’s debut linked short story collection You Never Get It Back follows Kate Bishop as she moves from a bohemian childhood in rural

10 min read 2021-12-23 03:00:17

The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Christopher Gonzalez

The Rumpus Book Club chats with Christopher Gonzalez about his debut story collection, I’m Not Hungry But I Could Eat (Santa Fe Writers Project,

4 min read 2021-12-22 22:00:50

Down the Rabbit Hole: Eugene Lim’s Search History

For an artificial intelligence program to write “even a below-average novel,” a character in Eugene Lim’s new novel, Search History, argues to

11 min read 2021-12-22 15:01:32

Like Sticking a Pin in My Eye: A Conversation with Sabina Murray

Sabina Murray’s seventh book, The Human Zoo, is set in present-day Manila under the terrifying reign of a Rodrigo Duterte-like dictator. Part

6 min read 2021-12-22 03:00:25

ENOUGH: Loud as Clouds