Ted Wilson Reviews the World #60
MY EX PET TURTLE ★★★★★ (1 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing my ex pet turtle.
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David Cotrone: The Last Book I Loved, The Disappointment Artist
“But that kid who still can’t decide which of the two futuristic epics to let win the struggle for his mortal soul, the kid who left the question hanging, the…
Nancy Lili Gonzalez: The Last Book of Poetry I Loved, The Network
Jena Osman’s The Network is the best freaking thing I’ve read all year! Talk about brain arousal, wow. It’s unlike anything I’ve ever read before. It gave me nightmares the…
The Last Book I Loved: What Was She Thinking?
I don’t usually see the movie and then read the book, but after reading Zoe Heller’s incredible character work in The Believers I had to read What Was She Thinking?,…
Sarah Simpson: The Last Book I Loved, Something is out there.
Green is the dominant color on the jacket of Richard Bausch’s latest short story collection. A red-headed woman (or girl; it’s hard to tell which) stands in the foreground at…
The Last Book I Loved: I Love You More Than You Know
I moved to New York City in July. I was unemployed, rejected from graduate school, and had $6.29 in my bank account. It seemed logical. I’d spent the last year…
Joseph Michael Owens: The Last Book I Loved, The Instructions
I flew to Chicago for a single night in October, just to hear Adam Levin read from the last book I truly loved, The Rumpus’ own Book Club pick, The Instructions.…
“The Surf Guru”
Listen to Doug Dorst, author of the Rumpus Book Club‘s July pick, The Surf Guru, read the collection’s title story.
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #59
HALLOWEEN, 2010 ★★★★★ (5 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Halloween, 2010.
6 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week
We’ve mentioned the size of Rumpus Book Club pick The Instructions a few times. But how long did it take author Adam Levin to write the behemoth book? “I worked…
The Eyeball #37: Kenneth Anger
Are there some films you have to take drugs to enjoy? I asked this question toward the end of this week’s session of the class on experimental films I’m teaching…