This week The Rumpus brings you essays, an interview, a blurb and a review or two from good people like Michelle Orange and Josh Bearman and other special luminaries.
Now You See It. . . — Kate Munning’s review of The Art Of Disappearing by Ivy Pochoda.
Books, Movies, Magic: The Rediscovered Genius Of The Automaton by Josh Bearman.
The Rumpus Interview With Donald Ray Pollock — Porter Shreve talks to Donald Ray Pollock, author of Knockemstiff. 
Re-Commencement: Notes On An English Professor’s Retirement — Michelle Orange’s moving mediation on literature and her father.
And by all means do not think of missing out on The Blurb #10: Managing Writers In The Workplace — A Guide For Employers, The Rumpus Mini-Interview with Shya Scanlon, Grant Munroe’s Last Book I Loved, and a fascinating round-up of death and writing links.
