This week, Rumpus Books published reviews of a novel, a book of poetry, and a book about Donald Rumsfeld, as well as a survey of the stripper memoir, an interview with Sophia Raday, a remembrance of Frank McCourt, and an essay by Steve Almond. The Rumpus Review of By His Own Rules: The Ambitions, Successes, and Ultimate Failures of Donald Rumsfeld.
Tissue of Flesh and Light — A review of The Looking House by Fred Marchant.
A review of the novel The Age of Orphans by Laleh Khadivi.
Also, be sure not to miss A Survey of the Stripper Memoir, The Rumpus Interview With Sophia Raday, a hilarious essay by Steve Almond on writing sex scenes, and a remembrance of Frank McCourt by one of his students.