The Last Book I Loved: Re-reading Dana Levin’s Banana Palace in 2019
In such a context, Dana Levin’s particular apocalypses deserve another look.
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Books
Voices on Addiction: A Conversation with Emily Arnason Casey
Emily Arnason Casey discusses her debut essay collection, MADE HOLY.
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Rumpus Exclusive: Cover Reveal and Excerpt from Home Making
An exclusive cover reveal + excerpt from Lee Matalone’s debut, HOME MAKING.
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Art, Action, and Redaction: A Conversation with Isobel O’Hare
Isobel O’Hare discusses her debut full-length collection, ALL THIS CAN BE YOURS.
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Little What to Read When
A monthly illustrated What to Read When for the young readers in our lives!
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The (Pleasurable) Anxiety of (Aesthetic) Influence: Bill Berkson’s A Frank O’Hara Notebook
Long after O’Hara died, O’Hara was still influencing, shaping, editing, Berkson.
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A Rope to Grab in the Chaos: Talking with Esmé Weijun Wang
Esmé Weijun Wang discusses her debut essay collection, THE COLLECTED SCHIZOPHRENIAS.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #192: Lara Vapnyar
“This novel is my most intimate and biographical.”
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Love under Capitalism: Sally Rooney’s Normal People
[I]n Normal People love acts as a school.
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Anger as Fuel: A Conversation with Dani Burlison
Dani Burlison discusses ALL OF ME: STORIES OF LOVE, ANGER, AND THE FEMALE BODY.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Pirate Radio, Like Desire”
Always I want to be seen. Always to burn.
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Shadows and Story: Talking with Jake Skeets
Jake Skeets discusses his debut poetry collection, EYES BOTTLE DARK WITH A MOUTHFUL OF FLOWERS.
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What to Read When the Patriarchy’s Got You Down
Contributors to INDELIBLE IN THE HIPPOCAMPUS share a reading list to fight the patriarchy blues.
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A Parcel of Stories: Hard Damage by Aria Aber
The speaker in Hard Damage, it seems, is writing herself to life.
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Subtle Connections: A Conversation with Gregory Spatz
Gregory Spatz discusses his newest book, WHAT COULD BE SAVED.
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Pay Attention: T Fleischmann’s Time Is the Thing a Body Moves Through
I’m hungry for truth and kids are just spouting facts up and down the street.
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A Sense of Scale: Talking with Jia Tolentino
JIa Tolentino discusses her debut essay collection, TRICK MIRROR.
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Join the Writers for Migrant Justice Protest!
The organizers of Writers for Migrant Justice suggest books to read ahead of tomorrow’s events.
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No One Can Be Saved: A Conversation with Amanda Goldblatt
Amanda Goldblatt discusses her debut novel, HARD MOUTH.
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What to Read When You’re a PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize Winner
The 2019 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize winners share books that have inspired them!
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Courageous Music: Jane Mead’s To the Wren: Collected & New Poems
Her poems make felt observations sing, no matter the subject.
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Let Go the Reins: Talking with H. S. Cross
H. S. Cross discusses her new novel, GRIEVOUS.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #191: Cardy Raper
“I don’t think you ever have it all.”
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Nothing Ever Disappears: Pigs by Johanna Stoberock
Simplicity obfuscates itself by the very act of being observed.
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Slouching Toward Vantage: A Conversation with Taneum Bambrick
Taneum Bambrick discusses her debut poetry collection, VANTAGE.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Dunya Mikhail
Dunya Mikhail discusses her new collection, IN HER FEMININE SIGN.
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Mama’s Fancy Stripper Heels: Working Mothers Dish
[A] person’s labor is not indicative of their parenting.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Bye, Baby”
Kimmy’s house is filled with men. Her fridge is full of popsicles and orange cheese.
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Poetry Is Wild: Talking with Ariel Francisco
Ariel Francisco discusses his forthcoming second collection, A SINKING SHIP IS STILL A SHIP.
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What to Read When You Want to Conduct Experiments in Joy
Gabrielle Civil shares a reading list to celebrate both her memoir, EXPERIMENTS IN JOY, and EXPERIMENTS IN JOY: A WORKBOOK.
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