The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Randa Jarrar
Randa Jarrar discusses her new memoir, LOVE IS AN EX-COUNTRY.
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Follow Your Nose: A Conversation with Daniel Gumbiner
Daniel Gumbiner discusses his debut novel, THE BOATBUILDER.
Used-Car Salesman
I wondered if he understood my joke, or its evasion, but surely he knew a used-car salesman always fudged his story. In fact, the car had been in my possession all of three weeks. Also, it didn’t exactly belong to me.
You Might Never Find Your Way Back: Shirley Jackson’s Hangsaman
There are other odd, improbable, tenuous connections, as if Hangsaman had a secret way of speaking to (or through) other artifacts beyond its time.
Literary Puns
Timothy Leo Taranto illustrates some of literature’s greats, including David Foster Wallace and Gromit, Flan-nery O’Connor, and John Frankensteinbeck.