Due to my inability to do a supplement last week, and because it’s almost Valentine’s Day and I love all of you, here’s two weeks of supplement in one! That’s a lot of Rumpus.
The Whole World Clanked Like An Iron Shovel — A review of The Bigger World, poems by Noelle Kocot.
All In The Family — A review of House Arrest, Ellen Meeropol’s debut novel.
Of Course They’re Staring — A review of The Book of Frank, a collection of poetry by C. A. Conrad.
A review of Russian Winter, a novel by Daphne Kalotay.
The Rumpus Unreview: Known And Unknown, by Donald Rumsfeld.
A Conversation So Impefectly Understood — A review of Ghost In A Red Hat, poetry by Rosanna Warren.
A review of The Fates Will Find Their Way, a novel by Hannah Pittard.
The Rumpus Book Club interviews Roy Kesey.
And then The Rumpus Poetry Book Club interviews Kirsten Kaschock.
Also, an interview with flash fiction writer Mary Miller, another interview with the novelist Michael David Lukas, and be sure not to miss this second installment of Where I Write by Deb Olin Unferth.
Deb Olin Unferth’s also has a Rumpus Original Combo, with an interview and a review of her memoir.
And our own Stephen Elliott’s The Editor’s Desk: Personal History.
Oh, and “Happy with Crocodiles,” a short story by the awesome Jim Shepard.
Phew. Enjoy!