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Rescheduled: The September Rumpus Book Club Selection: “The Odyssey” with Emily Wilson
Written in iambic pentameter verse, Emily Wilson’s Odyssey is a lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life. The New York Times named Wilson’s translation as one of its 100 notable books…
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Like My Father
……….My father smiles when he’s coated in oil. Cars remind him there’s always something to be fixed. He chooses not to replace what he can resurrect.
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The Mexican Trojan Horse
The drug war has been told as an epic in which modern heroes—DEA agents, brave Mexican soldiers, even if only a few—have fought the barbarians, the Mexican narcos.
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Negotiating Contradictions on the Dance Floor: Power, Exclusion, and the Nightlife in Kyle Carrero Lopez’s “Party Line”
Subjugation (interpersonal or otherwise) is a recurring theme throughout the book. But for Carrero-Lopez, to merely state that it exists isn’t enough. Instead, the material conditions that allow people to jeopardize or determine the autonomy of others serve as centerpieces,…
