Features & Reviews Reviews Rumpus Original Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing Karen LawsSeptember 8, 2009 Lydia Peelle’s stories focus on scurrilous ne’er-do-wells who flail about in circumstances beyond their control.Read
Features & Reviews Reviews Rumpus Original Diary of a Young Survivor Karen LawsSeptember 7, 2009 A playwright’s first novel takes on adolescence and grief in a post-9/11 worldRead
Features & Reviews Reviews Rumpus Original 90 Miles from Home Karen LawsJune 22, 2009 Cecilia Rodríguez Milanés’s stories about refugees from the Mariel Boatlift present the conflicts and loneliness of exile.Read
Features & Reviews Reviews Rumpus Original Research for Storytellers Karen LawsMay 11, 2009 Two recent novels bend history to the will of their authors.Read
Features & Reviews Reviews Rumpus Original Remembrance of Things Fast Karen LawsFebruary 22, 2009 A review of So Many Ways to Sleep Badly, by Mattilda Bernstein SycamoreRead