Features & Reviews
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The Rumpus Interview with Belle Boggs
Belle Boggs discusses The Art of Waiting about navigating through the difficulties of conception and fertility treatment.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #57: Jesse Ball
It can be hard to describe a Jesse Ball novel. They’re willfully strange, dark and puzzling, but the pieces aren’t always designed to fit together. Instead, each of his books, which are always written in the first person, have a…
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Good Girls Marry Doctors, edited by Piyali Bhattacharya
Abeer Hoque reviews Good Girls Marry Doctors by Piyali Bhattacharya today in Rumpus Books.
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The Rumpus Interview with Wendy C. Ortiz
Wendy C. Ortiz discusses her new book Bruja, what a “dreamoire” is, the magic all around us, and why she loves indices—and cats.
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Children of the New World by Alexander Weinstein
Kevin O’Kelly reviews Children of the New World by Alexander Weinstein today in Rumpus Books.
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The Rumpus Interview with Malka Older
Malka Older discusses her debut novel Infomocracy, the nature of elections, and the future of democracy.
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Him, Me, Muhammed Ali by Randa Jarrar
Sarah Moffett reviews Him, Me, Muhammad Ali today in Rumpus Books.
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The Rumpus Interview with Esmé Weijun Wang
Esmé Weijun Wang discusses her first novel, The Border of Paradise, about a multi-generational new American family, creative expression through writing and photography, and interracial relationships.
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Transitory by Tobias Carroll
Michael Deagler reviews Transitory by Tobias Carroll today in Rumpus Books.
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Eight Meditations about Mary Ruefle
“You haven’t even begun,” she admonishes the younger version of ourselves. “You must pause first, the way one must always pause before a great spirit, if only to take a good breath.”
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The Rumpus Interview with D. Foy
D. Foy discusses his latest novel, Patricide, the evolution of “gutter opera,” his writing process, free will, and memes.
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Memoirs of a Polar Bear by Yoko Tawada
Graham Oliver reviews Memoirs of a Polar Bear by Yoko Tawada today in Rumpus Books.