Features & Reviews
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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.
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Illocality by Joseph Massey
Ann van Buren reviews Joseph Massey’s Illocality today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Rumpus Interview with Meline Toumani
Meline Toumani discusses her debut, There Was and There Was Not, the rewards and risks of writing a political memoir, and what it means to approach a divided past and future.
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Koolaids by Rabih Alameddine
Lawrence Lenhart reviews Koolaids by Rabih Alameddine today in Rumpus Books.
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Anna March’s Reading Mixtape #14: Memoirs about Hard Times and Beauty
I love memoirs about difficult times that don’t sugarcoat it, that don’t pretty it up. I love a memoir that finds the beauty—there is such an unbelievable amount of beauty in this world—without handing out a Hollywood ending, without dipping…
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The Rumpus Interview with Elisa Gabbert
Author Elisa Gabbert talks about her books, The Self Unstable and The French Exit, diversity, publishing, whiteness, and writing in the Internet Age.
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Death by Water by Kenzaburo Oe
Darren Huang reviews Death by Water by Kenzaburo Oe today in Rumpus Books.