Begging For It by Alex Dimitrov
Gina Vaynshteyn reviews Alex Dimitrov's Begging For It today in Rumpus Poetry.
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My Funeral Gondola by Fiona Sze-Lorrain
Stephanie Papa reviews Fiona Sze-Lorrain's My Funeral Gondola today in Rumpus Poetry.
“Ghana Must Go,” by Taiye Selasi
Setting much of the plot in Ghana Must Go—Taiye Selasi’s engaging first novel about two African immigrants and their children—in Boston was an clever choice: A hilly colony established by…
Skin Shift by Matthew Hittinger
Tory Adkisson reviews Matthew Hittinger's Skin Shift today in Rumpus Poetry.
“Speedboat” and “Pitch Dark”, by Renata Adler
I have, I admit, no idea what Renata Adler’s Speedboat is about. Really, not the foggiest. But this is a very special sort of mystification, an unqualified – maybe even…
“Is That You, John Wayne?” by Scott Garson
Following in the steps of such modern day masters of this intricate form, including Lydia Davis and Kim Chinquee, Scott Garson has embraced it, bringing his own brand of American disharmony often seen in those forbears. The majority of stories in his second collection Is That You, John Wayne? run from a page long to three and they are the crux of this collection bent on exploring the sadness of life, the missed or missing opportunities, and the stasis our collective cultures seemed to have emotionally entered while we fly and speed about with technology that probably has not made us treat each other any better.
Rise in the Fall by Ana Božičević
Patrick James Dunagan reviews Ana Božičević's Rise in the Fall today in Rumpus Poetry.
Desolation: Souvenir by Paul Hoover
Robin Morrissey reviews Paul Hoover's Desolation: Souvenir today in Rumpus Poetry.
Forty-One Jane Doe’s by Carrie Olivia Adams
Marisa Siegel reviews Carrie Olivia Adams's Forty-One Jane Doe's today in Rumpus Poetry.
“Body Geographic,” by Barrie Jean Borich
In Body Geographic, Barrie Jean Borich charts the route by which she came to be located in middle age, in the Midwest, and in long-term love with Linnea, a spouse…
“A Questionable Shape,” by Bennett Sims
“What we know about the undead so far is this: they return to the familiar.” Thus begins Bennett Sims’ debut novel A Questionable Shape. The subject matter of this brilliantly…