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The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement

Seth Fischer — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:10:43 +0000

Sunday the day to catch up with Rumpus Books.

What Part Are You Now? — Martin Bartels reviews Jim Harrison’s latest poetry collection, Songs of Unreason.

Against An Ethical Machine — Matt McGregor reviews Sigizmund Krhizhanovsky’s The Letter Killer’s Club.

Be sure not to miss Peter’s Orner’s 14th installement of The Lonely Voice: Isaac Babel, Every Grief Soaked Word.

It’s Pigsty I — T Fleischmann reviews Spectacle & Pigsty, the first full-length English translation of contemporary Japanese poet Kiwao Nomura.

Light — Christine Neulieb reviews Andrzej Stasiuk’s Dukla.

Death Of An Author — Johannes Lichtman reviews Edouard Levé’s Suicide, a nonlinear, almost plotless meditation on living and dying.

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The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement

Seth Fischer — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 09:06:39 +0000

Sunday’s the day to catch up with Rumpus Books.

O Circular Philosopher — Alexis Orgera reviews Circle’s Apprentice, poetry by Dan Beachy-Quick.

Grossman’s Magnum Opus — Bezalel Stern reviews To the End of the Land, David Grossman’s latest novel.

You Weren’t Born By Yourself — Danniel Schoonebeek reviews Middle Earth, a poetry collection by Henri Cole.

A Really Good And Interesting Book — John McIntyre reviews an anthology of drawings and photography entitled What the Hell Are You Doing? The Essential David Shrigley.

The Politics Of Narrative — John Reed reviews Huntington, West Virginia on the Fly, fiction by Harvey Pekar.

The Surreal Nature Of Real Life — Leland Cheuk reviews Post-It Note Diaries, a compilation of stories edited and illustrated by Arthur Jones.

I Was Living My Father’s Life — Be sure not to miss Artist Jason Novak‘s tribute to Nick Flynn’s Another Bullshit Night in Suck City.

Also, here’s The Rumpus Interview With Micheline Aharonian Marcom.

And finally, check out The Rumpus Interview with Carolyn Cooke.

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The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement

Seth Fischer — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:00:26 +0000

Rumpus Books was up to a helluva lot this week.

Artificial Is The Only Way To Fly — Joshua Gray reviews The Odicy, Cyrus Console’s collection of poetry.

The Unstable Identity Of An Algerian In Paris — Padma Viswanathan reviews Leïla Marouane’s The Sexual Life of an Islamist in Paris.

The Flame An Upright Leaf — Josh Cook reviews The Broken Word, Adam Foulds’ narrative poem.

The Neighbors’ Troubles — Ana Grouverman reviews Pulp and Paper, Josh Rolnick’s debut collection.

Days Of Future Passed — Scott Onak reviews pseudonymous author Manuela Drague’s novel In the Time of the Blue Ball.

The Rumpus Book Club interviews Laurie Weeks.

Towards A More Complete Measure Of Excellence — Don’t miss Roxane Gay’s excellent essay on best of lists.

And finally, The Rumpus Interview With Susan Orlean.

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Welcome To Sunday

Seth Fischer — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 09:00:49 +0000

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“Fiction With A Strong Sense Of Place”

Seth Fischer — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:14:53 +0000

Writers, listen up: I’ve got a pretty cool call for submissions for you.

Fiddleblack, a small press and literary journal, is seeking fiction and nonfiction submissions for its digital winter issue and 2012 print annual. There are a few thematic specifics they desire, but overall Fiddleblack is looking for sharp and dusky work with a strong sense of place. Sometime next year, they’ll begin accepting unsolicited queries for their small press, so be sure to sign up for the mailing list.

Contact them at editor@fiddleblack.org with any questions, or to query directly.

The Rumpus’ own Nicholas Rombes is featured in Fiddleback #2.

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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup

Seth Fischer — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:45:33 +0000

Ouch. A really harsh rejection to Gertrude Stein.

Here’s a lovely essay on hate.

An interview with a conspiracy theorist (via).

Feeling political? Here’s some revolutionary reading, from Lewis Lapham’s. (via)

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The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement

Seth Fischer — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:05:02 +0000

Sunday’s the day to catch up with Rumpus Books.

No Dazzled Salamanders — T Fleischmann reviews June, Daniel Brenner’s second book of poetry.

You Tell Me Its Underpinnings — Chloe Martinez reviews Atlas Hour, Carol Ann Davis’ new book of poems.

Driving The Drive We Drive Five Times A Week — Jacob Paul reviews Bruce Machart’s debut story collection, Men in the Making.

If Demolition Is An End, Then What? — Megan Roth reviews Rich People Things, nonfiction by Chris Lehmann.

And finally be sure not to miss Alana Noel Voth’s Where I Write: With Love From My Desk From A Dumpster.

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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup

Seth Fischer — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 10:00:15 +0000

Kadafi’s book bans are over.

At The Guardian, on “the many futures of books.”

On the lack of literary apps.

Three Percent wants you to know what translators look like. (not too bad, not too bad at all.)

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The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement

Seth Fischer — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:39:20 +0000

It was one hell of a week at Rumpus Books. Come see what you missed.

The Rats Are Not Doing Well — Anya Groner reviews Gerald Fleming’s second poetry collection Night of Pure Breathing.

The Singing Caryatids of Modern Moscow — Christine Neulib reviews Russian author Victor Pelevin’s latest novella, Hall of the Singing Caryatids.

Southern Enlightenment — Kevin Charles Redmon reviews two new collections from journalist John Jeremiah Sullivan and crime fiction writer Frank Bill.

The Memory Of A Coin — Kristina Bernard reviews Jeff Hoffman’s debut collection, Journal of American Foreign Policy.

In Defense of Translation — Christopher Lura reviews Professor and translator David Bellos’ book Is That a Fish in Your Ear? Translation and the Meaning of Everything.

Did You Hear About Bradley? — Karen Laws reviews Hal Niedzviecki’s new collection, Look Down, This is Where it Must Have Happened.

Why Brian Spears Chose T. R. Hummer’s Ephemeron for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club.

Tony DuShane interviews Jillian Lauren.

Elizabeth Buchanan interviews Dylan Landis.