Red Mavis by Merrill Gilfillan
Patrick James Dunagan reviews Merrill Gilfillan's Red Mavis today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Saints of Streets by Luisa Igloria
Christian Anton Gerard reviews (in epistolary form) Luisa Igloria's The Saints of Streets today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Interview with Zachary Lazar
Writer Zachary Lazar chats about his newest novel, I Pity The Poor Immigrant, as well as following trails, writing books that are “accidentally Jewish,” and the benefits of becoming a crime writer.
Freud: The Penultimate Biography by D. Harlan Wilson
James Reich reviews FREUD: THE PENULTIMATE BIOGRAPHY by D. Harlan Wilson today in The Rumpus Book Reviews.
How To Travel Alone
Some days I come out wrinkled like a jacket / exhumed from a suitcase. Some days / I’m as constant as the last soggy corn flake / at the bottom of a bowl of milk, / that piece that keeps giving...
The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show: Nick Lantz
For our first episode of The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show, Dave Roderick sits down with poet and playwright Nick Lantz to talk about his latest collection, How To Dance as the Roof Caves In, found poems, self-help manuals, and titles as points of departure.
A Conjoined Book by Karla Kelsey
Kent Shaw reviews Karla Kelsey's A Conjoined Book today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Heaven of Animals by David James Poissant
Kim Winternheimer reviews THE HEAVEN OF ANIMALS by David James Poissant today in The Rumpus Book Reviews.
The Rumpus Interview with Fred D’Aguiar
British-Guyanese poet, novelist, and playwright Fred D'Aguiar discusses the influence of Jonestown on his work, writing in the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre, and the need to pay attention when tragedy comes to your door.
Made to Break by D. Foy
Michael Jauchen reviews MADE TO BREAK by D. Foy today in The Rumpus Book Reviews.
If I Don’t Breathe How Do I Sleep by Joe Wenderoth
Eric Dean Wilson reviews Joe Wenderoth's If I Don't Breathe How Do I Sleep today in Rumpus Poetry.
THE LAST BOOK I LOVED: WONDER BOYS BY MICHAEL CHABON
Michael Chabon's career is often the work of a writer hell-bent on destroying the line between "literary" and "genre," and his most famous work is an epic adventure novel about comic-book creators.