Blogs
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The Last Book I Loved: Frederick Exley’s A Fan’s Notes
In the brief preface to his novel, Exley calls his book a work of fiction or fantasy, claiming that the events of the novel only bear a passing similarity to his life, an event he refers to as “that long…
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Opening Lines
Opening Lines discusses the origins and first trys of now-famous writers and other figures. Their tag line reads: “How the famous and infamous got their start.” Some of my favorite’s include that Flannery O’Connor couldn’t spell, Steve Jobs started out…
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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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Litquake & the CLA All-Stars
The Center for Literary Arts and Litquake present an all-star reading this Sunday night at 6:30. Hosted by Rumpus Books Editor Andrew Altschul, the event features past and future CLA authors Andrew Sean Greer, Maxine Hong Kingston, Mary Roach, Kim…
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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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C
Today, in Book Review, John Wilwol reviews Tom McCarthy’s latest novel, C, recently shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #30: Paula Whyman in Conversation with SM Shrake
Paula Whyman talks with SM Shrake about his annual witch costume in The Rumpus’s thirtieth mini-interview!
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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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The Man Who Guarded the Bomb
Today, in Book Review, Matt McGregor reviews George Orfalea’s debut collection, The Man Who Guarded the Bomb.
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The Last Book I Loved: The Blind Side
I remember being 18 years old, secretly thinking that all the good writers were dead or past their prime. I wanted to be born in the twenties, where wilderness was untamed and fiction was wide open. I knew there must…
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The Last Book I Loved: Mating
Dealing in questions rather than answers, Mating has a way of making things seem possible for both its characters and its readers—intellectual love included.