The Rumpus Interview with André Alexis
André Alexis discusses his latest book The Hidden Keys, puzzles, chance, divinity, and the Toronto literary community.
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Posts by: Ann van Buren
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #54: Jade Chang on The Wangs vs. the World
With a mix of humor, agility, and insight, Jade Chang’s debut novel, The Wangs vs. the World (HMH Books, October 2016), tells a fresh immigrant story. Charles Wang has left his native homeland to become a successful businessman in America. The book takes us on a journey with his whole family as they navigate the […]
...moreThe Rumpus Interview With Alejandro Zambra
Alejandro Zambra discusses his latest book, Multiple Choice, inspired by the Chilean exam administered to students seeking college admission
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The Rumpus Interview with Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar discusses Singaporean poetry in the last fifty years, Hindu mythology, translation, and his complicated relationship to his heritage.
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Vivas to Those Who Have Failed by Martín Espada
Ann van Buren reviews Martín Espada’s Vivas to Those Who Have Failed today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Prodigal, New and Selected Poems: 1976-2014 by Linda Gregerson
Ann van Buren reviews Linda Gregerson’s Prodigal, New and Selected Poems: 1976-2014 today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Illocality by Joseph Massey
Ann van Buren reviews Joseph Massey’s Illocality today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Shirt in Heaven by Jean Valentine
Ann van Buren reviews Jean Valentine’s Shirt in Heaven today in Rumpus Poetry.
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A Stranger’s Mirror: New and Selected Poems, 1994-2014 by Marilyn Hacker
Ann van Buren reviews Marilyn Hacker’s A Stranger’s Mirror: New and Selected Poems, 1994-2014 today in Rumpus Poetry.
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One Thousand Things Worth Knowing by Paul Muldoon
Ann Van Buren reviews Paul Muldoon’s One Thousand Things Worth Knowing today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Streaming by Allison Adelle Hedge Coke
Ann van Buren reviews Allison Adelle Hedge Coke’s Streaming today in Rumpus Poetry.
...moreInstead of Words…Blew Cinders
Page by page, and bit by bit, the story of these poems becomes part of a warm current of emotion in a greater ocean of loss.
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