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Weekend Rumpus Roundup
First, in the Saturday Interview, Penny Perkins speaks with Ramona Ausubel about Ausubel’s latest novel, Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty, her previous collections, and “the ways that stories change the real chemistry of the world.” Then, Jeff Lennon reviews Cynthia Cruz’s…
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The Pleasure of Recognition
Ferrante’s novels about women like Lila and Lenu are a potent reminder that working-class women’s perspectives are out there, even if we can’t always hear each other, even if we’re sometimes embarrassed and alone, even if we feel exasperated by…
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Know the Mother by Desiree Cooper
Stacie Williams reviews Know the Mother by Desiree Cooper today in Rumpus Books.
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The Clinton Reading List
For Mother Jones, Jenny Luna notes the top four books on the current New York Times bestseller list: all books written by conservative writers speaking against Hillary Clinton: As seen with the success of Mitt Romney’s 2010 book, No Apology, sales don’t…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Cemeteries as places of architectural innovation. Great news everybody! Watching horror movies might burn calories! No need to exercise ever again! A quick look at the most desirable least accessible places on earth because isn’t that what the internet is…
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The Rumpus Interview with Nina Stibbe
Author Nina Stibbe discusses her new novel Paradise Lodge, our obsession with character likeability, and how she more than flirts with feminism.
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Notable Twin Cities: 8/21–8/27
Wednesday 8/24: Want to bookend your summer with some craft beer and the science of marketing? Join the authors of The Physics of Brand at Surly Brewing Co for Beer, Books & Brands, a release party presented by Magers and…
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The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Distance Devotion
If I understood the difference between good and great in that moment, it would be years before I came to accept it.
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Notable NYC: 8/20–8/26
Saturday 8/20: Nicole Dennis-Benn, Kaitlyn Greenidge, and Yaa Gyasi join the Fort Greene Summer Lit Festival. BRIC, 2 p.m., free. Sunday 8/21: Astoria Bookshop celebrates its 3rd birthday. Astoria Bookshop, 11 a.m., free. Tuesday 8/23: Kate Milford presents The Left-Handed…
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How The End Begins by Cynthia Cruz
Jeff Lennon reviews Cynthia Cruz’s Where the End Begins today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Saturday Rumpus Interview with Ramona Ausubel
I find tremendous hope in the act of storytelling—the way we can redirect energy, to reclaim history, to build back lives that have been otherwise upset.
