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Brandon Kilbourne’s “Natural History” is a Meticulously Crafted Diorama
Natural History opens with a section called “The Curious Institution”, in conversation with the centuries-old euphemism for slavery, “the peculiar institution”. This sets the stage for the rest of the text, which never lets the marvelous curiosity of the natural…
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Stories that Reveal Something True: A Conversation with Corey Rosen
“Stories make information stick. They give our experiences shape, emotion, and meaning. That’s why I wanted this book to be practical, so anyone can take the tools of storytelling and use them in real life, at work, in school, and…
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Jordan Hamel
The number one cause of memory loss is memory. Gave up lying to anyone who isn’t me. The secret is ignoring the camera & staring at your mirrored self, so everything
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Turmeric, Nine Ways
The first stomachaches grip me tightest at night. I watch the sliver under my bedroom door, waiting for Amma’s feet, for her hand on the ache. When I hear a sound that could be the snap of a suitcase or…
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“Adolescence as Hallucination” and Eschewing Autofiction: A Conversation with Chris Kraus
“I’ve never seen my novels as being about me. Catt is my avatar but I’m writing about the things, people, themes, and histories that are close and important to me, the things I know most intimately. I really can’t write…
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To the Letter: A Conversation with Virgina Evans
“ I wanted the story to be a tight ball of yarn even though there were a million strands. It had to be tight to keep a reader’s interest, so there was an element of looping back almost like a…
