The Rumpus Sunday Book Review Supplement

Seth Fischer bio ↓  ·  August 30th, 2009  ·  filed under books

supplement2It’s the end of August. While most of the world is on vacation, Rumpus Books is publishing book reviews.

This week, we published a review of a novel, a short story collection, an anthology, and a compilation about sex workers. Also, don’t miss an essay by Andrzej Stasiuk and an interview with Charles Baxter about silence.

Crown of Sonnets — A review of Rasskazy: New Fiction from a New Russia, “an anthology of stories from the new Russia.”danilo-kis2-300x211

A History of Violence — A review of After the Fire a Still Small Voice by Evie Wyld.

A review of Hos, Hookers, Call Girls and Rent Boys, edited by David Henry Sterry and R.J. Martin.

A review of How to Leave Hialeah by Jennine Capó Crucet.

Also, check out this interview with Charles Baxter and the essay Poetics and Slaughter by Andrzej Stasiuk.

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Seth Fischer's writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Swink, PankGuernica, Monkeybicycle, Gertrude, and elsewhere. He's working on a novel about a girl who accidentally raises an army and destroys the world, and he's founding editor of The Splinter Generation. He also teaches and tutors and administrates and does copyediting and copywriting so that he can pay bills, but that only works sometimes. If you could help him make that work all the time, he would probably give you a hug, but only if you wanted one. Reach him at seth.fischer (at) gmail.com or @sethfischer. More from this author →

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