Blogs
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The Last Book I Loved: The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
If you couldn’t tell by the last name of “Cohen,” I am a Jew. And not surprisingly, I find myself with a proclivity for Jewish-American fiction. Maybe it’s because of my religious (perhaps cultural is a better term) background or…
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The Lit List: Weekly Book Club Roundup
1. Confused about where we are in the book club queue? Eager to find out what’s coming later in the fall? Haven’t ever witnessed Steven Elliott use the phrase “shake and bake”? Look no further than Book Club Announcements. 2.…
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Horn! Reviews Richard Yates
Rumpus Book Club member and artist extraordinaire Kevin Thomas has reviewed this month’s book club selection, Richard Yates. As usual, he did his review in the form of a comic. Also as usual, it is fantastic. Check out “Horn! ‘Reviews’…
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Yeah, I Like Richard Yates. So What?
“Richard Yates is an odd novel with an odd title and even odder character names. Oddly enough, it works… for me anyway.” The Well-Read Wife defends liking Tao Lin’s latest.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #27: Chris Graham in Conversation with Aaron Wendland
Aaron Wendland is a PhD candidate in Philosophy at the University of Oxford, where he works on Heidegger and reads widely in the history of philosophy. Originally from Canada, Aaron brought over 1,000 philosophy books to Oxford, which he organizes…
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #50
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE ★★★★★ (1 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing unconditional love.
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How to Seduce Men
Turns out The Great Gatsby is good for more than passing eighth grade English – try seduction. May not get you a marriage proposal, but might be good for a free lunch.
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The Eyeball #34: The Thorn in My Heart
What’s going on with Michel Gondry’s career these days? Well, this, for starters…
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An Invisible Giraffe. A Pyramid of Glass. A Development At Once Revealing and Occluding: Timothy Donnelly’s The Cloud Corporation
Rumpus Poetry Book Club advisory board member Gabrielle Calvocoressi on why she chose Timothy Donnelly’s The Cloud Corporation to be the group’s September selection.
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The Last Book I Loved: The House of Mirth
It’s fitting that I only finally read The House of Mirth, Wharton’s great novel about the decline and fall of a socialite by the name of Lily Bart, around the time I was leaving New York. Given my current state…
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Of Scallops and Clouds: The Rumpus Book Club Round-Up
-Tao Lin, author of the August book club pick Richard Yates, has become notorious for his pranks, cons, and general attempts to outwit his readers and/or neighborhood bookstore employees. So when the New York Observer‘s Christian Lorentzen set out to interview…
