Features & Reviews
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The Hundred-Year Flood by Matthew Salesses
Scott Onak reviews The Hundred Year Flood by Matthew Salesses today in Rumpus Books.
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The Rumpus Review of [insert] boy by Danez Smith
In this sense, the book is a “coming-of-age” story and “spiritual quest” as much as a seething commentary on the catastrophe effected by the disease of contemporary racism and white supremacy.
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Rewrite, Reboot, Remix
Rewriting the classics has become a stale and risk-averse strategy. But that shouldn’t spoil the fun of our larger culture of remixing.
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The Last Love Song by Tracy Daugherty
Tara Merrigan reviews The Last Love Song by Tracy Daugherty today in Rumpus Books.
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Guildtalk #2: The Rumpus Interview with Christie Watson
For our second installment of Guildtalk, Christie Watson talks about theme in writing, working in a children’s ICU, and her new novel, Where Women Are Kings.
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The Rumpus Interview with Ottessa Moshfegh
Ottessa Moshfegh discusses her first full-length novel, Eileen, betrayal, self-aware narrators, and the catalytic properties of friendship.
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A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin
Lee Matalone reviews A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin today in Rumpus Books.
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The Rumpus Interview with Aliza Licht
Aliza Licht, former SVP of Communications for Donna Karan International, talks about her debut career guide, what she wishes she knew when she was starting out, and how to build an audience on Twitter.
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The Price of Diversity
By charging writers such high fees, these literary institutions seal themselves off from what they claim to seek: diversity of talent, diversity of experience, diversity of voice.
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The Hope of Floating Has Carried Us This Far by Quintan Ana Wikswo
Erin Wilcox reviews The Hope of Floating Has Carried Us This Far by Quintan Ana Wikswo today in Rumpus Books.
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The Rumpus Interview with J. Ryan Stradal
J. Ryan Stradal talks about his debut novel Kitchens of the Great Midwest and why the rise of the American foodie has less to do with hipsters than you might think.
