In Gratitude by Jenny Diski
Nina Schuyler reviews In Gratitude by Jenny Diski today in Rumpus Books.
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Nina Schuyler’s novel, THE TRANSLATOR, was published July 1, 2013 by Pegasus Books. Her first novel, THE PAINTING, was published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett
Nina Schuyler reviews Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett today in Rumpus Books.
Ways to Disappear by Idra Novey
Nina Schuyler reviews Ways to Disappear by Idra Novey today in Rumpus Books.
Before I Burn by Gaute Heivoll
Nina Schuyler reviews BEFORE I BURN by Gaute Heivoll today in The Rumpus Book Reviews.
The Rumpus Interview with Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Pakistani writer Musharraf Ali Farooqi discusses his new novel, Between Clay and Dust, how translation has informed his writing, and why the slender book took ten years to write.
Last Car Over the Sagamore Bridge by Peter Orner
Nina Schuyler reviews Peter Orner's LAST CAR OVER THE SAGAMORE BRIDGE today in The Rumpus Book Review.
I Want To Show You More by Jamie Quatro
In her debut collection, I Want to Show You More, Jamie Quatro has accomplished a rare paradox: the collection is stitched together and, yet, it’s loose and baggy, letting in a lot of surprise.
“Mary Coin,” by Marisa Silver
Marisa Silver in her new novel, Mary Coin, takes all this on and the result is a compelling, hard-to-put down story. As the cover of the novel suggests, the story emanates from the photograph, “Migrant Mother,” taken by Dorothea Lange in 1936 at a pea-pickers’ camp in Nipomo, California.
“Life Goes On,” by Hans Keilson
In late 1928, the left-wing playwright Friedrich Wolf wrote, “Let’s hope 1929 brings us plenty of struggle, friction, and sparks.” He got his wish. In 1929, the U.S. stock market…
“Diving Belles,” by Lucy Wood
The very act of writing is a kind of magic. Small black etchings on paper conjure up worlds, people, events, transporting you, the reader, to a different place, a different…
No Time Like the Present by Nadine Gordimer
Nina Schuyler reviews No Time Like the Present by Nadine Gordimer.
Fictional Pointillism
Tupelo Hassman’s debut Girlchild is an emotionally rich and complex picture of a smart girl brutalized and circumscribed by circumstances.