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Elizabeth Word Gutting
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Brutal Youth by Anthony Breznican
Elizabeth Word Gutting reviews BRUTAL YOUTH by Anthony Breznican today in The Rumpus Books.
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The Last Animal by Abby Geni
Elizabeth Word Gutting reviews THE LAST ANIMAL by Abby Geni today in The Rumpus Book Reviews.
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Duplex by Kathryn Davis
Elizabeth Word Gutting reviews Kathryn Davis’s DUPLEX today in The Rumpus Book Reviews.
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The Rumpus Interview with Mary Kay Zuravleff
Mary Kay Zuravleff talks about the DNA of the novel, how wordplay and math-thinking have influenced her writing, and the meaning behind “the art of family life is to not take it personally.”
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All That Is by James Salter
James Salter’s new novel, All That Is – his first in thirty-four years – is a masterpiece. At the moment, the span of years between Salter’s books has got people interested in him. In a recent New Yorker profile, Nick…
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“The Festival of Earthly Delights,” by Matt Dojny
When asked by Necessary Fiction to describe the research for his debut novel, The Festival of Earthly Delights, Matt Dojny hand-wrote a scrawling response filled with oddities, doodles, and this moment of witty insight: “But, you’re asking, what kind of…
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Little Century, by Anna Keesey
With her debut novel Little Century, Anna Keesey finds herself among other admirable writers with the hard-won title of late-blooming author.
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Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
Anyone who aspires to write will find the story of Ben Fountain—and the story of how his first novel, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, came to be —both inspiring and heart-rending. Fountain began writing fiction at the age of thirty. He did not begin by dabbling, dangling pretty sentences…