Features & Reviews
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The Rumpus Interview with Marge Piercy
Dara Barnat talks with Marge Piercy about growing up in Detroit, making a kind of Judaism through poetry, and living close to the natural world.
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Suite for Barbara Loden by Nathalie Léger
Amanda DeMarco reviews Suite for Barbara Loden by Nathalie Léger today in Rumpus Books.
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Book of Numbers by Joshua Cohen
J. A. Tyler reviews Book of Numbers by Joshua Cohen today in Rumpus Books.
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Conversations with Literary Ex-Cons: Jack Gantos
Jack Gantos discusses the sense of “delusional invincibility” he had in 1970s New York that led him to prison—and then on to a career as an award-winning children’s book author.
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The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Jillian Lauren
Karen Halvorsen Schreck talks with Jillian Lauren, author of the new memoir Everything You Ever Wanted, about adoption, identity, and how to create new models for heroism and the family.
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The Saturday Rumpus Interview: Tamara Winfrey-Harris
The reality is that there is privilege even within social justice movements.
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The Rumpus Interview with Daniel José Older
Author Daniel José Older talks about his new novel, Shadowshaper, noir influence in urban fantasy, gentrification, white privilege and the publishing industry, and why we need diverse books, now more than ever.
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The Paper Man by Gallagher Lawson
Anita Felicelli reviews The Paper Man by Gallagher Lawson today in Rumpus Books.
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The Rumpus Interview with Sarah Tomlinson
Author Sarah Tomlinson talks about ghostwriting, her father and childhood, the tradition of confessional writing, and her new memoir, Good Girl.
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Wearing God by Lauren F. Winner
Laura Turner reviews Wearing God by Lauren F. Winner today in Rumpus Books.
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The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
Melissa Febos reviews The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson today in Rumpus Books.
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War Narratives #1: Truth and Fiction
The notion that the truth about combat cannot be described in a book goes back to the American Civil War, at least.