Features & ReviewsCritics vs. “The Novel”The RumpusMay 19, 2011 “Critics think their role is to choose between innovation and convention, dig a trench, and lob grenades.” Jess Row has written a long but interesting essay concerning the many deaths of “the novel.” Share Tweet Share The Rumpus You May Also Like Read Interviews Love, Grief, and the Search for Postpartum Healing: A Conversation with Shayne Terry Jiordan CastleFebruary 24, 2025 Read Interviews Voice as the Sunlight of the Story: A Conversation with Robert Shapard Christine SneedFebruary 19, 2025 Read Reviews “stones will know”: On Trauma Plot: A Life by Jamie Hood Erin VachonFebruary 18, 2025 Read Poetry Reviews A Poetics of Witness: Jeddie Sophronius’s Interrogation Records Jonathan ChanFebruary 18, 2025
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