Book Club Blog
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I Know the Word “Stradivarius”: Why I Chose Aase Berg’s Transfer Fat for The Rumpus Poetry Book Club
Rumpus Poetry Book Club advisory board member Gabrielle Calvocoressi on why she chose Aase Berg’s Transfer Fat to be the group’s January selection.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Amy Newman
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Amy Newman about her poetry collection Dear Editor.
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Today’s the Day
“I got this urge to get back to sending paper letters, and I also knew a lot of authors who I knew would be really excited about it.” The Today Show website gives some love to Rumpus editor Stephen Elliott’s…
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Why I Love the Rumpus Book Club
Being a part of an online community comprised of people all around the world is a very odd feeling. You know the other members so well, yet not at all.
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The Love Does Not Stop…
“Each of the Popper men is to a large degree confounded by love. The women they desire, invariably plucky and self-possessed, have to work to stave off being swallowed whole by their men. “Love and Shame and Love’’ offers no…
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December’s Rumpus Book Club Selection
The Rumpus Book Club is proudly presenting Treasure Island!!!, Sara Levine’s debut novel as our December pick. “The story of a ferocious obsession,” Treasure Island!!! chronicles a college graduate’s fateful reading of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel “Treasure Island,” and the…
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The Rumpus Book Club Interviews Laurie Weeks
The Rumpus Book Club talks with Laurie Weeks about Zipper Mouth, her road to The Feminist Press, and words that do backflips.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Claire Kageyama-Ramakrishnan
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Claire Kageyama-Ramakrishnan about her poetry collection Bear, Diamonds and Crane.
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Why I Chose T. R. Hummer’s Ephemeron for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club
Rumpus Poetry Club Board Member Brian Spears on why he chose T. R. Hummer’s Ephemeron as the November selection of The Rumpus Poetry Book Club:
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Ode to Chicago – Love and Shame and Love
“Though Peter Orner is quite purposeful and precise in his nonlinear approach to storytelling, reading his latest novel Love and Shame and Love can evoke the sensation of unpacking a box full of memories.” Chicago Tribune reviews this month’s Rumpus…
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There’s Still Time to Get Love and Shame and Love!
November’s Book Club selection is Love and Shame and Love (Little, Brown), a novel by Peter Orner (whose column you can follow here on the Rumpus). Orner traverses three generations of the Popper family, through which he considers the intricate…
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All About Orner
Peter Orner’s new book, Love and Shame and Love, got some *ahem* love today from the New York Times. No surprise to us though, as the book is our November selection for The Rumpus Book Club (which, it’s worth mentioning,…