Matthew Stranach: The Last Book I Loved, Night Work
I do not play hockey. I do not watch hockey on TV. I have no memories of youthful visits to bone-cold arenas at five o’clock in the morning to thwack…
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FUNNY WOMEN #45: One-Handed Reading
Loads of people have slept with authors or well-read individuals, but what would it be like to sleep with a book?
Josh Anastasia Reviews YTTB
Rumpus Book Club member Josh Anastasia reviews the club’s February pick, You Think That’s Bad: You Think That’s Bad is a collection of short stories from one of my favorite…
The Rumpus Book Club Interviews Roy Kesey
The Rumpus Book Club talks with Roy Kesey about Pacazo, Faulkner, historiography, and cheap cab rides. This is an edited transcript of the book club discussion. Every month The Rumpus…
A Tricky Balance: Book Club Round-Up
“How do you satirize something that’s already a parody of itself?” asks Michael Schaub of NPR in his write-up of Andrew Altschul‘s Deus Ex Machina. Schaub finds Altschul’s attempts to…
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #64: Tiny Beautiful Things
Be brave enough to break your own heart.
The Rumpus Poetry Club Interviews Kirsten Kaschock
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Kirsten Kaschock about her book A Beautiful Name for a Girl. This is an edited transcript of the Poetry Book Club discussion with…
Pacazo. A Love Story.
Rumpus Book Club member Claudine Asbagh reviews the club’s January pick, Roy Kesey’s Pacazo: In his first novel, Pacazo, Roy Kesey takes an idea that could have been fodder for…
Dan Moreau: The Last Book I Loved, Dogwalker
I bought Dogwalker on June, 27, 2004 at 10:04 p.m. for $3.98. The cashier’s name was Eric, but I don’t remember him. I know this because, for some reason — I was…
Devin Bambrick: The Last Book I Loved, Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives
Nick and I sat and watched movie trailers for hours, complaining about the buffering speed and talking like two people who have been reading the same things for a decade:…
Deus Ex GalleyCat
Our own Books editor Andrew Foster Altschul talks with GalleyCat about Deus Ex Machina and how to get your book reviewed on The Rumpus.
Constantine on Pacazo
Rumpus Book Club member Caitlin Constantine shares her thoughts on the club’s January selection, Roy Kesey’s Pacazo.