All posts by John Madera

February 22nd, 2011

The Diviner’s Tale

Morrow’s supple prose is grounded in lyricism, prose unafraid to give the reader both the forest and the trees.

Bradford Morrow’s new novel, a feminist interpretation of fairy-tale tropes, explores the life of Cassandra: single-mother, teacher, dowser. …more

February 1st, 2010

The World Was Still There

John Haskell’s novel takes readers on a metaphysical journey through the mind of a Steve Martin-impersonator impersonator. …more

December 1st, 2009

Fog Is Also Good for This

Prose. Poems. A Novel.Jamie Iredell weaves a drug-and-alcohol fueled journey out of brief, vivid bursts of language. …more

November 19th, 2009

Monster Girl: The Rumpus Interview with Chelsea Martin

convosmall“The second and fourth parts of that sentence came directly from life, but the first and third parts came from some thoughts I had while watching a movie, and the sentence after it I just thought would be really funny.” …more

August 17th, 2009

Sex and the Witty

 There’s Something Wrong with Sven combines imaginative leaps worthy of Calvino and Vonnegut with tragicomic irreverence of the George Saunders variety. …more

June 18th, 2009

FUBAR Nation

Chelsea Martin’s strange collection of miscellany evokes the loneliness of life lived through technology. …more
June 1st, 2009

John Madera: The Last Book I Loved, Fog & Car

picture-48I have a problem with fidelity. But don’t call me a book slut as I prefer the term “promiscuous bibliophile.” When so many seductive stories vie for my attention, how can I settle for just one? …more

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John Madera edits the forum Big Other. He is published widely, and his work has recently appeared in Conjunctions, The Believer, Opium Magazine, The Brooklyn Rail, Rain Taxi: Review of Books, and The Review of Contemporary Fiction.

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