Reviews
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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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Hymn for the Black Terrific by Kiki Petrosino
Julie Marie Wade reviews Kiki Petrosino’s Hymn for the Black Terrific today in Rumpus Poetry.
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College of One by Sheilah Graham
The Hollywood gossip columnist Sheilah Graham, born Lily Shiel, shaped herself out of nothing much, and she knew it. As her eight memoirs attest, she also knew how remarkable the story of her self-reinvention was—especially the three and a half…
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O Holy Insurgency by Mary Biddinger
Kristina Marie Darling reviews Mary Biddinger’s O Holy Insurgency today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Flood by Molly Brodak
Sally Rosen Kindred reviews Molly Brodak’s The Flood today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Lady in Gold by Anne-Marie O’Connor
Adele’s portrait depicted a triumph of Jewish assimilation and art patronage in Middle Europe, a community that inspired Mark Twain, Sigmund Freud, and countless other creative geniuses. But the crimes surrounding the artwork make it a relic of assimilation’s tragic…
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Search For a Velvet-Lined Cape by Marjorie Manwaring
Jeannine Hall Gailey reviews Marjorie Manwaring’s Search for a Velvet-Lined Cape today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
Beukes, who gained recognition for the literary science-fiction noir Zoo City, is a South African writer fostering the gradual recognition that science fiction and literary fiction can be at least neighbors if not actual housemates. The Shining Girls offers the…
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Bombshell by James Reich
James Reich’s new novel stands out because, for all the loudness of its characters and subject matter, it manages to feel subtle and seamless in its execution. It’s a novel that doesn’t sacrifice politics for plot, or vice versa, and…
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Reveal: All Shapes and Sizes by Bruce Covey
Andrew Field reviews Bruce Covey’s Reveal: All Shapes and Sizes today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Instructions For Preparing Your Skin by Ariana Nadia Nash
Diego Báez reviews Ariana Nadia Nash’s Instructions for Preparing Your Skin today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Elders by Ryan McIlvain
When I first started Elders, Ryan McIlvain’s debut novel, I thought it would be a book I could relate to on terms of searching for faith. Elders focuses on two Mormon missionaries during their two-year stint in Brazil: an American…