Come catch up! Highlights from this week in Rumpus books are below the fold.
Outside of Society — A review of Just Kids, Patti Smith’s memoir of her friendship with Robert Maplethorpe.
The Rumpus Original Combo with Gabrielle Calvocoressi — An interview with the author as well as a Rumpus original poem.
The World Was Still There — A review of Out of My Skin by John Haskell, a novel that “takes readers on a metaphysical journey through the mind of a Steve Martin-impersonator impersonator.”
Also, be sure not to miss Steve Almond’s interview with his ex-student Jason Mulgrew and Soviet-era children’s books.
