Book Club Blog
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Surf Guru Notes, #3
Rumpus Book Club Member John Francisconi with thoughts on July’s Book Club pick, The Surf Guru by Doug Dorst. The Surf Guru is simply, and rather consistently, great. It’s a story collection I’d gladly recommend to anyone, without hesitation. I…
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Why I Chose What I Chose, Ceiling of Sticks
Rumpus Poetry Book Club Advisory Board member Camille T. Dungy on why she chose Shane Book’s Ceiling of Sticks to be the group’s first selection. If anyone were to accuse contemporary American poetry of being insular, self-involved and provincial, these…
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Surf Guru Notes, #2
Rumpus Book Club Member John Francisconi with thoughts on July’s Book Club pick, The Surf Guru by Doug Dorst. Continuing on in my reading, I’m finding more and more enjoyment in The Surf Guru. This week I’ll give my thoughts…
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The Rumpus Book Club, Where I Live #11: Nancy Lili Gonzalez
None of my furniture matches. Two red bar stools. One green cast iron chair, slowly turning gold. A chestnut drawer thing– I don’t know it’s proper name– it has three drawers, each packed with personal journals, and it has two…
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John Francisconi on why he deserves an advance copy of Rick Moody’s Four Fingers of Death
I saw Rick Moody read at the James Merrill House in Stonington, CT a year or so ago. He read two stories, the first about a New England family, not unlike those that call Stonington their home, out on their…
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Surf Guru Notes, #1
Independence Night I started reading Doug Dorst’s story collection Sunday, July 4th, as fireworks, invisible from my bedroom’s window, broke the night’s silence. Sweating through a s’more-stained tee shirt, I read The Surf Guru‘s first three stories.
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The Rumpus Book Club, Where I Live #10: Frances M. Lopez
I leaped out of bed and ran to the front door. With a rush of urgency, I pulled the door open and saw nothing. Not a single thing. I could still hear them though; the shrill cries of small children…
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The Rumpus Book Club, Where I Live #9: Alyce Connolly
I live on an intentional community in Middlesex, New York – about an hour south of Rochester, near Canandaigua Lake. While I haven’t been here long, and don’t know how long I’ll stay, I do live here. I sleep in…
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Book Club Signup
Thank you for subscribing to The Rumpus Book Club and/or The Rumpus Poetry Club. If anything is wrong or you have any questions please email isaac AT therumpus.net. When you receive your book each month it will also include the…
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The Rumpus Book Club, Where I Live #8: Kim Locke
My name is Kim Locke and I live in the suburban commuter metropolis of Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
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Horn! reviews Citrus County
Rumpus Book Club member Kevin Thomas took us up on our offer to review last month’s book club selection, Citrus County. But he decided to do his review as a comic. He thinks he might do one of these every…
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The Rumpus Book Club Interviews John Brandon
The Rumpus Book Club talks with John Brandon about Citrus County, his second novel from McSweeney’s.