Features & Reviews
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The Rumpus Interview with Shawna Virago
Musician and songwriter Shawna Virago discusses her trajectory as an artist, deciding to use Kickstarter to fund her new album, and what it’s like to be top Google hit for “San Francisco dominatrix.”
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The Rumpus Interview with Jamie Kornegay
Novelist Jamie Kornegay talks about his debut, Soil, life in Mississippi, writing humor effectively, and the geography of isolation.
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Love and Lies by Clancy Martin
Amy Pence reviews Love and Lies: An Essay on Truthfulness, Deceit, and the Growth and Care of Erotic Love by Clancy Martin today in Rumpus Books.
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The Last Book I Loved: The Delicacy and Strength of Lace
In letter-writing, we are not really talking, but the words represent the deep-heldness of our communication.
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Habitation: Collected Poems by Sam Hamill
Linda Ashok reviews Sam Hamill’s Habitation today in Rumpus Poetry.
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After the Tall Timber by Renata Adler
Lee Matalone reviews After the Tall Timber by Renata Adler today in Rumpus Books.
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The Rumpus Interview with Ben Fama
Ben Fama talks about his first full-length poetry collection, Fantasy, the New Narrative movement, and the worst thing that could happen at the Chateau Marmont.
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The Ice Garden by Moira Crone
Tom Andes reviews The Ice Garden by Moira Crone today in Rumpus Books.
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Angular Unconformity: Collected Poems 1970-2014 by Don McKay
Jim Johnstone reviews Don McKay’s Angular Unconformity: Collected Poems 1970-2014 today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Animalities by David Dodd Lee
Jessica Guzman Alderman reviews David Dodd Lee’s Animalities today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Welcome to Braggsville by T. Geronimo Johnson
Leland Cheuk reviews Welcome to Braggsville by T. Geronimo Johnson today in Rumpus Books.
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“Adams,” from Life Is Short—Art Is Shorter: In Praise of Brevity
A (very short) story by George Saunders, with an introduction by David Shields and Elizabeth Cooperman, excerpted from Life Is Short—Art Is Longer: In Praise of Brevity.