Book Club Blog
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Introducing Rumpus Women, Vol. I
We’re delighted to present the introduction to the first and most extraordinary book ever published by The Rumpus!
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The Rumpus Book Club Interviews Lan Samantha Chang
The Rumpus Book Club talks with Lan Samantha Chang about All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost , MFA programs, writers experiencing non-writing periods, and biker bars.
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The Rumpus One-Off Book Club Interviews Jonathan Franzen
The Rumpus (One-Off) Book Club talks with Jonathan Franzen about Freedom, what’s on his nightstand to read next, how he learned to like Republicans, and his aversion to research. This is an edited transcript of the book club discussion. Every month…
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The Instructions Ships Today!
The Instructions by Adam Levin. A debut novel, 1,024 pages, published byMcSweeney’s and rumored to be the best book McSweeney’s has ever put out, is the next Rumpus Book Club selection. Today is the last day to sign up for the Rumpus Book Club and…
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The Weekly Book Club Round-Up
Lan Samantha Chang‘s novel All is Forgotten, Nothing is Lost appeared in the New York Times Book Review, making her and Tao Lin the 3rd and 4th Rumpus Book Club authors we’ve chosen who’s also been reviewed by New York’s…
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Why I Chose Elizabeth Alexander’s Crave Radiance for The Rumpus Poetry Book Club
Rumpus Poetry Editor Brian Spears on why he chose Elizabeth Alexander’s Crave Radiance as the third selection of the Rumpus Poetry Book Club.
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El Club de Libros
We shipped The Instructions, by Adam Levin, to our Book Club members yesterday, a full month ahead of publication. There are whispers that this is one of McSweeney’s best yet; those signed up will get to delve into this thick…
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Close to “Highbrow” and “Brilliant”
Well would you look at that, the Rumpus Book Club‘s September pick, Lan Samantha Chang’s All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost, made The New York Magazine Approval Matrix.
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The Instructions Video
Check it out, the Rumpus Book Club‘s October pick, The Instructions by Adam Levin, now has a cool (and educational) video.
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The Weekly Book Club Round-Up
-Maybe you are tired of looking at a computer screen. Maybe you’re just not a visual person. Maybe you want a new lens into Richard Yates, by Tao Lin. Whatever your needs, Largehearted Boy has just the right medicine: a…
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A Close Reading By Way of Looking at the First Seven Lines of A Poem and Walt Whitman
Rumpus Poetry Book Club advisory board member Gabrielle Calvocoressi delves into Timothy Donnelly’s The Cloud Corporation, the club’s September selection, by writing the author a letter:
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Weekly Book Club Round-Up
Make sure to check out the Rumpus Poetry Book Club’s online discussion with Shane Book, this month’s featured poetry author who brings us Ceiling of Sticks. You can read the transcript, in which book club members ask Book (real name)…