Reviews
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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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Releasing the Days by Stephen Meadows
Barbara Berman reviews Stephen Meadows’ Releasing the Days today in Rumpus Poetry.
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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.
