Features & Reviews
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Wilberforce by H.S. Cross and H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
Heather Partington analyzes two very different books published in 2015 that examine the effects of grief and of all-boys British boarding schools.
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The Rumpus Interview with Sanae Ishida
Sanae Ishida discusses her debut children’s book, Little Kunoichi, The Ninja Girl, embracing her creativity after years in the corporate world, and finding inspiration in her young daughter.
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War Narratives #5: Surge
But those who subscribe to the Surge narrative have to work very hard to choose and order their supporting facts.
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Ugliness: A Cultural History by Gretchen E. Henderson
Zakiya Harris reviews Ugliness: A Cultural History by Gretchen E. Henderson today in Rumpus Books.
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Anna March’s Reading Mixtape #15: Beautiful Renderings of Complex Locales
In both fiction and non-fiction, I love a book that helps us unravel ourselves by illuminating place, a book that transports me from here to there. These six books will take you far… and deliver you.
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The Animal Too Big To Kill by Shane McCrae
Rigoberto González reviews Shane McCrae’s The Animal Too Big to Kill today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Rumpus Interview with Sandra Cisneros
Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street, talks about her new memoir, A House of My Own, living in a post-9/11 era, and the necessity of heartbreak.
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A Big Enough Lie by Eric Bennett
Nathan Webster reviews A Big Enough Lie by Eric Bennett today in Rumpus Books.
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What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell
Alex Madison reviews What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell today in Rumpus Books.
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The Rumpus Interview with Sunil Yapa
Sunil Yapa discusses his debut novel, Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist, radical empathy, growing up surrounded by politics, and losing the first draft of his novel in Chile.
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Black Cat Bone by John Burnside
Brian McKenna reviews John Burnside’s Black Cat Bone today in Rumpus Poetry.
