Book Club Blog
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Fall’s Rumpus Book Club Selections
The Rumpus Book Club is proudly presenting Zipper Mouth, Laurie Weeks’s debut novel as our October pick. Published by the Feminist Press, it tells the story of a New York junkie, along with the “exalted night-club epiphanies” and “devastating morning-after…
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Why I Chose Bear, Diamonds and Crane
Rumpus Poetry Club Board Member Camille T. Dungy on why she chose Claire Kageyama-Ramakrishnan’s Bear, Diamonds and Crane as the October selection of The Rumpus Poetry Book Club:
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Meghan O’Rourke
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Meghan O’Rourke about her poetry collection Once.
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Once I Was: Meghan O’Rourke’s Once and All the Reasons I Am and Am Not Her
Rumpus Poetry Club Board Member Gabrielle Calvocoressi on why she chose Meghan O’Rourke’s second book of poems, Once, as the September selection of The Rumpus Poetry Book Club:
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Aracelis Girmay
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Aracelis Girmay about her poetry collection, Kingdom Animalia.
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September’s Rumpus Book Club Selection
The Rumpus Book Club is closing out summer and welcoming the fall with advanced copies of Show Up, Look Good, our highly-anticipated September selection. Written by Mark Wisniewski and published by Gival Press, this novel has been reaping in a…
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David S. Atkinson: A Book Club Member Reviews Luminarium
When I read the inside cover, I did not think I was really going to enjoy reading Luminarium. The summary made the book sound like something Robert Lundlum would write after he’d downed a few mescaline caps, despite what was…
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Lea Graham
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Lea Graham about her collection Hough & Helix & Where & Here & You, You, You This is an edited transcript of the Poetry Book Club discussion with Lea Graham. Every month The…
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The Rumpus Book Club Interviews Christopher Boucher
The Rumpus Book Club talks to Christopher Boucher about his debut novel How To Keep Your Volkswagen Alive, a decade’s worth of writing,
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Reviews for the last book we featured in our Rumpus Book Club!
Are you a part of the Rumpus book club? Remember last month’s book, Christopher Boucher’s debut novel How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive? Well, it‘s starting to get great reviews out there. This post on The Millions has referred to the novel…
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August’s Rumpus Book Club Selection
August is upon us. This new month brings with it an exciting Rumpus Book Club selection—Alex Shakar’s Luminarium, published by Soho Press. The synopsis is as intriguing as the praise it’s been garnering. Dave Eggers offered his praise, calling it…
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Why I Chose Kingdom Animalia
Rumpus Poetry Club Board Member Camille T. Dungy on why she chose Aracelis Girmay’s Kingdom Animalia as the August selection of The Rumpus Poetry Book Club: