Features & Reviews
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HORN! REVIEWS: Maggie: a Girl of the Streets
Self-published and not-purchased, this Crane simultaneously trolling and mastering the social novel genre.
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The Rumpus Interview with Megan Kruse
Author Megan Kruse talks about her debut novel, Call Me Home, queer characters in rural places, sibling relationships, and how the music of Lucinda Williams inspires her.
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A Book for Drinking
Theresa Dankovich’s “The Drinkable Book,” can purify water for drinking—enough for one person for more than four years. Gizmodo reports that the book’s pages are coated with nanoparticles that purifies the water while the pages are printed with important water…
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The Last Book I Loved: Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932
What makes a person who they are? Is evil born or made?
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The Last Two Seconds by Mary Jo Bang
Anna Ziering reviews Mary Jo Bang’s The Last Two Seconds today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Rumpus Interview with Susan Shapiro
Susan Shapiro discusses her latest novel, What’s Never Said, her Instant Gratification Takes Too Long teaching method, and new anti-dating rules between faculty and students at universities such as Harvard and Yale.
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Press Start to Play edited by Daniel H. Wilson and John Joseph Adams
Graham Oliver reviews Press Start to Play edited by Daniel H. Wilson and John Joseph Adams today in Rumpus Books.
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“Happily Ever After” for African-American Romance Novelists
Romance novels can’t erase the past, and the present. Chapter by chapter, they do strive toward agency.
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The Feeling of Finished
Completing a book can be an emotional rollercoaster. If you’ve ever wanted to know how it feels, look no further than The Millions where Claire Cameron has compiled the reactions of a number of authors.
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No House to Call My Home by Ryan Berg
Nathan Smith reviews No House to Call My Home by Ryan Berg today in Rumpus Books.
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The Rumpus Interview with Brian Shawver
Author Brian Shawver talks about his new book, Danger on the Page, his novel Aftermath, MFA programs, and why it’s a good thing that writing never stops being hard work.
