Features & Reviews
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The Rumpus Interview with Jodi Angel
Jodi Angel talks about her new collection of short stories, You Only Get Letters From Jail, defining driving experiences, and the vulnerable sexuality of teenage boys.
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The Rumpus Interview with Frank H. Wu
Frank H. Wu, the Chancellor and Dean of UC Hastings College of the Law, talks about writing, race, assimilation, his hometown of Detroit, and the similarities between the Vincent Chin and Trayvon Martin cases.
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Undergloom by Prageeta Sharma
Jeff Alessandrelli reviews Prageeta Sharma’s Undergloom today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
These moments transform the novel from mindless entertainment, as if it were a Bravo show on The Real Housewives of Singapore, into a revealing Economist-style feature.
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murmur in the inventory by erica lewis
Carleen Tibbetts reviews erica lewis’s murmur in the inventory today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Rumpus Interview with Roy Kesey
Roy Kesey’s most recent book, Any Deadly Thing, is a collection of stories as adventurous, playful, and strange, as it is profoundly moving and insightful.
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Releasing the Days by Stephen Meadows
Barbara Berman reviews Stephen Meadows’ Releasing the Days today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Rumpus Interview with Peter Squires
Peter Squires describes playing in bands as his “favorite social activity,” and by that standard he is a very social fellow.
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Her by Christa Parravani
Parravani tells the story of her twin sister, whose brutal rape led to a heroin addiction and her eventual death by overdose at the age of 28. Accustomed to mimicking her twin, Parravani began to emulate her self-destructiveness.
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The Rumpus Interview with John Brandon
My favorite thing about John Brandon’s writing are his sentences. They take weird left turns and are compelling for reasons you can’t quite name.
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Hymn for the Black Terrific by Kiki Petrosino
Julie Marie Wade reviews Kiki Petrosino’s Hymn for the Black Terrific today in Rumpus Poetry.
