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Transgressive and Unruly Women: Talking with Anne Helen Petersen
Anne Helen Petersen’s debut BuzzFeed article, “Jennifer Lawrence and the History Of Cool Girls,” was revelatory not merely because of the nimble treatment of a fascinating topic, but because Petersen,...
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What to Read When You Want Your Kids to Grow Up to Be Good
Talking to kids about what is happening in America right now is really hard. How do you explain hate to a three-year-old? How do you tell a six-year-old that they need to stand up for other kids in...
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The Woman Behind the Curtain Pulling the Levers: Talking with Zinzi Clemmons
When I first read the synopsis of What We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons, I knew I had to read it. We overlapped in Columbia University’s MFA program, and although she was Fiction and I was Nonfiction, I knew...
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Cowboy or Terrorist? Harney County and the Trump Presidency
1. In January 2016, in a corner of the Oregon high desert called Harney County, a group of anti-government militants walked into a federal wildlife refuge known primarily for protecting endangered...
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #170: Richard Blanco
Richard Blanco was the author of three critically acclaimed, award-winning poetry collections (City of a Hundred Fires, Directions to the Beach of the Dead, and Looking for the Gulf Motel) when he...
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The Lenses We Can’t See: A Conversation with Howard Axelrod
Ancient mariners used to rely on the stars in the sky to guide their way. These days, we depend on our smartphones—“the stars in our pockets”—to help navigate it all. We use them to choose where to...
View ArticleTrauma as Inheritance: Adam P. Frankel’s The Survivors
Sometimes I think of footprints. The imprints of dinosaurs. Tyrannosaurus Rex, huge steps that once sent tremors through the earth, now sit silent, petrified. I think of footprints at a murder scene....
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Sacred Stories”
When I was a little girl, my favorite room in our house was my father’s study. Furnished with a wall of scientific books, an old Macintosh, and a leather recliner, it had an air of intellectualism that...
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Rumpus Original Fiction: La Yegüita
Karen broke out into a full sprint; that was the only way she’d ever hope of catching up to the new mare that everyone said would end up killing her. The locals used meters, but from what Karen could...
View ArticlePanic Mode: The Influencing Machine by Brooke Gladstone and Josh Neufeld
For many, January 20, 2021 was a moment of collective relief. Four years of a worst-case-scenario presidency had drawn to an end, and we finally had a chance—if only for a few minutes—to grieve the...
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