New Eugenides
If you’re like me, Middlesex blew your mind. Here was a book chock-full of wildly different themes, all of them improbably interconnected: incest, genocide, Detroit, the Nation of Islam and…
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Dilettantes and Amateurs
“The Internet is a landscape of dilettantes and amateurs, those for whom this literary pursuit is not a career but an avocation. Their opinions may well be unsophisticated, but they…
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #44: How You Get Unstuck
Dear Sugar, About eighteen months ago, I got pregnant. In a move that surprised both my boyfriend and me, we decided we wanted to keep the baby. Though the pregnancy…
Bradon Reads Citrus County
The folks at Square Books have posted a recording of John Brandon reading from his novel Citrus County. Citrus County was our first Rumpus Bookclub pick. You can read the…
Fishkind on Yates
“i read the novel quickly, mostly in bed and in the library over the next 24 hours. i liked pretty much everything about the book.” David Fishkind reviews Tao Lin’s…
Three Poems by Randall
Poet and Rumpus pal Randall Mann has posted three poems over at The Nepotist.
The Unveiled Animal
Joshua Mohr’s second novel returns to the seedy side of San Francisco, where the addicted and the lost search for redemption.
Look Okasan, No Publisher
Japanese author Ryu Murakami plans on side-stepping the “traditional publishing industry” and releasing his next novel, with the help of a software company, exclusively on the iPad. Murakami says he…
I Write Like…?
Yesterday Electric Literature tweeted about I Write Like, a new website that supposedly tells you exactly which famous author your writing style most resembles. All you have to do is…
Morning Coffee
Thank you so very much Journey Round My Skull for introducing us to the Ancient Order of Froth Blowers. The Sound of Glass. Very important: gorillas are tag enthusiasts. Nothing…