Reviews
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History of the Body by Melanie McCabe
Marisa Siegel reviews Melanie McCabe’s History of the Body today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Okay, Okay by Diana Hamilton
Jeff Alessandreli reviews Diana Hamilton’s Okay, Okay today in Rumpus Poetry.
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“All My Friends,” by Marie NDiaye
The five stories that make up All My Friends, a small collection by Frenchwoman (and Prix Goncourt winner) Marie NDiaye, are stories of breakdown. This breakdown is not necessarily the kind of single-character unraveling we expect from good psychological fiction,…
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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.
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“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 English immigrants fleeing religious restrictions, now teeming with people from…
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Skin Shift by Matthew Hittinger
Tory Adkisson reviews Matthew Hittinger’s Skin Shift today in Rumpus Poetry.
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“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 a purer – kind of no idea than my usual…
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“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…
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Rise in the Fall by Ana Božičević
Patrick James Dunagan reviews Ana Božičević’s Rise in the Fall today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Desolation: Souvenir by Paul Hoover
Robin Morrissey reviews Paul Hoover’s Desolation: Souvenir today in Rumpus Poetry.
