Nicole Chung interviews figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi about her life after winning at the 1992 Olympics, being the only Asian-American Olympic gold medalist in figure skating, representation in sports and the media, and the Always Dream Foundation — the early childhood literacy organization she founded.
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Guy Fieri’s Introspective Turn
Ten years and three presidents, later, Guy Fieri’s populist persona has proven extremely resilient.
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Guy Fieri on the Triple D Decade, Vegan Nachos, and Why You Shouldn’t Eat Frozen Pizza
Ten years and three presidents later, the Mayor of Flavortown goes all-out Elder Statesman. (And also reveals the origins of “Slamma jamma I love that lamb-a!”)
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Ijeoma Oluo Has the Last Word on Rachel Dolezal
Oluo’s interview is a master class in confrontation, in which the hard questions are asked and the answers are pushed.
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‘9 to 5’ Turns 35, and It’s Still Radical Today
An interview with Patricia Resnick, who wrote the original screenplay for the painfully-still-relevant 1980 office comedy featuring Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton and Lily Tomlin. It ran in December 2015 on the 35th anniversary of the film’s release. Still relevant and radical in 2017.
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A ‘Constellation of Meaning’: The Rumpus Interviews George Saunders
In addition to offering plenty of great advice for aspiring writers, George Saunders reflects on the creative process for his new novel, the interviews, notes, and scenes that once distilled become his nonfiction work, and on bold compassion as the right course of resistance under a Trump presidency.
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Who Is Guy Fieri?
Who is Guy Fieri, really, and how does one get to Flavortown?
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On Midlife, Failure, and Thwarted Ambition: Sarah Manguso and 300 Arguments
Anna Furman interviews Sarah Manguso about the process of writing her new book 300 Arguments, her writing influences, failure and thwarted ambition, and how Sarah’s sleeping post-inauguration.
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Pablo Neruda on the Intersection of Politics and Poetry
In 1970, Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) sat down for an interview with The Paris Review just months before abandoning his campaign for president, running as the Chilean Communist Party candidate. American author Rita Guibert conducted the interview at Neruda’s home in Isla Negra, just south of Valparaiso: Oh, there is no advice to give to […]
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“Discourse Is a Battleground”
Yusaf Khalil interviews Syrian scholar Yasser Munif about the roots of the Syrian civil war and how the West is trying (and failing) to help.