Features & Reviews
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A Woman Without a Country by Eavan Boland
Barbara Berman reviews Eavan Boland’s A Woman Without a Country today in Rumpus Poetry.
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I Was Not Born by Julia Cohen
Virginia Konchan reviews Julie Cohen’s I Was Not Born today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Rumpus Interview with Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Producer Jeff Sommerville, director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, and the cast of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl discuss their movie that went to Sundance and beyond.
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A Stranger’s Mirror: New and Selected Poems, 1994-2014 by Marilyn Hacker
Ann van Buren reviews Marilyn Hacker’s A Stranger’s Mirror: New and Selected Poems, 1994-2014 today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Rumpus Hypertext Interview with Maya Lang
Author Maya Lang discusses her Joyce-inspired novel The Sixteenth of June, the “illiterate, underbred” epic Ulysses, and the insufficiency of “yes” in an interactive interview with Allison Adair.
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Harsh Critics
Book reviews have grown nicer in recent years, with some publications eschewing negativity altogether. That wasn’t always the case. The earliest literary reviews were outright cruel, with publications trying to outdo their rivals. The Literary Review takes a look at…
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Viper Wine by Hermione Eyre
Martine Satris reviews Viper Wine by Hermione Eyre today in Rumpus Books.
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The Rumpus Interview with Sean Wilsey
Sean Wilsey discusses his latest book of essays, More Curious, being David Foster Wallace’s neighbor, the healing power of the American road trip, and the difference between writing fiction and memoir.
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My Life as a Mermaid by Jen Grow
Heather Partington reviews Jen Grow’s new collection My Life as a Mermaid.
