A Photographer’s Wife
Pre-pandemic, my husband was always meeting new women. These women worked as food and prop stylists and assistants to food and prop stylists on the sets where my husband was the photographer. The women...
View ArticleRe-Contextualizing Dolly Parton in Her Full Glory: Talking with Sarah Smarsh
In She Come by It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs, author Sarah Smarsh dissects the decades-long career of a universally beloved but oft misunderstood country icon. Originally...
View ArticleThe Fine Line Between Nihilism and Hope: Talking with Ahmed Naji
Ahmed Naji is an Egyptian journalist, writer, and criminal. At least that’s what the Egyptian government thinks of him. Naji didn’t think of himself as a “Writer” with the capital “W” until 2016, when...
View ArticleUpending the Scene: A Conversation with Te-Ping Chen
Like therapy or a bidet, everyone can benefit from a good short story collection. A collection can function as a literary multivitamin, each story serving a different purpose, fulfilling myriad needs...
View ArticleClaiming Space to Matter: Talking with Jennifer Berney
In her debut memoir, The Other Mothers: Two Women’s Journey to Find the Family That Was Always Theirs, Jennifer Berney tells an intimate story of queer family-building. The book weaves Berney’s...
View ArticleThe Rumpus Book Club Chat with Melissa Febos
The Rumpus Book Club chats with Melissa Febos about her new essay collection, Girlhood (Bloomsbury, March 2021), letting the book have its own life out in the world, learning to trust and be patient...
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...
View ArticleWow, Mom!: Mom Genes by Abigail Tucker
I have been told, lately, to take control of many things. Fertility testing companies have ordered me to take control of my reproductive lifespan. Skin care brands have instructed me to take control of...
View ArticleFrom the Archive: What It Is to Be Human: Talking with Ottessa Moshfegh
This was originally published at The Rumpus on July 30, 2018. During the month of June 2022, we’re highlighting some of our favorite work from The Rumpus archives to show readers how the magazine has...
View ArticleAmerican Mothers are Screaming: A conversation with Jessica Grose
Jessica Grose has been reporting on parenting for over a decade. As an Opinion writer for The New York Times, she documented the experience of parenting during the pandemic—a crucial record-keeping in...
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