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From Cinderella and Oliver Twist to Anne of Green Gables and Harry Potter, Etan Smallman muses on the paradox of why so many of literature’s most celebrated protagonists are orphans: Many of the most...
View ArticleCrushes on Fiction
Contributors over at Huffington Post discuss five fictional characters that stimulated their pre-teen/teen sexual awakening, including Artemis from Artemis Fowl and Gilbert Blythe from Anne of Green...
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What to Read When You Need More Anne Shirley in Your Life
For generations of women, Lucy Maud Montgomery’s fictional Anne Shirley has been a defining prototype of resilient girlhood. Her red hair, incorrigible imagination, and unflagging spirit were and are...
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Samantha Irby
The Rumpus Book Club chats with Samantha Irby about her new essay collection, We Are Never Meeting in Real Life, all that comes along with writing about your life, and reading great horror books. This...
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VISIBLE: Women Writers of Color: Bethany C. Morrow
For Bethany C. Morrow, writing has been a lifelong passion, but her path to publication has been winding. A self-described recovering expat, Morrow has journeyed from her native California to grad...
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The Thread: The Masked Man
In the beginning, He was the word. The word of the house, the word of vocation, the word of study, of thought, of art. When Western writers wrote an everyman, of course, they wrote about themselves:...
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Rumpus Exclusive: An Excerpt from Marilla of Green Gables
“Oh, Marilla, I’m so glad you’re here. I have the most sensational news!” exclaimed Rachel when Marilla came over for dinner. An invitation had arrived on Mrs. White’s good bone-ivory stationery: Miss...
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What to Read When Trying to Figure Out Who You Are
Growing up I didn’t have many real-life role models for how to be a girl. Because we were constantly on the move, I didn’t have many friends. I was determined not to be like my mother, and my four...
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Return to Green Gables: A Conversation with Sarah McCoy
I first met Sarah McCoy in 2013 when we did an event together in Rhode Island. Sarah had just released her historical novel, The Baker’s Daughter, and I was on the road for my novel Family Pictures. To...
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Being Seen: A Conversation with Lane Moore
A quick look at Lane Moore’s social media channels might give you the impression that she’s the least lonely person in all of New York City. In fairness, not many people can say they have thousands of...
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