All posts by Eric B. Martin

October 12th, 2011

How Documentaries Could Rule The World

I.  Non-fiction rules!

Starting as far back as 50 years ago, non-fiction set out to crush fiction in the book world. …more

February 3rd, 2011

The Rumpus Unreview: Known and Unknown, by Donald Rumsfeld

An 800-page memoir from the former Secretary of Defense tells an old, familiar story—so familiar that our reviewer didn’t even have to read it.

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May 3rd, 2010

THE BLURB #16: Hungrier, More Successful, a Bit Ruthless

A review of David Goodwillie’s American Subversive that veers off into some really important and complicated and basically unanswerable questions about literature, literary reviews, overstimulation, secret weapons, and 21st century life. …more

July 23rd, 2009

By His Own Rules: The Ambitions, Successes, and Ultimate Failures of Donald Rumsfeld

imagesPART I: WHY RUMSFELD, WHY THIS BOOK?

Donald Rumsfeld is my grandmother. …more

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Eric B. Martin is a novelist who lives in Durham, North Carolina. His novels include Luck, Winners, and Donald, co-written with Stephen Elliott.

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