Reviews
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The Switching Yard by Jan Beatty
Julie Marie Wade reviews Jan Beatty’s The Switching Yard today in Rumpus Poetry.
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“Present Shock,” by Douglas Rushkoff
If the theories in Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now are true, you may have a hard time finishing this review. In the interest of the perpetual now, I’ll cut to the chase: you should read this book.
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I Want To Show You More by Jamie Quatro
In her debut collection, I Want to Show You More, Jamie Quatro has accomplished a rare paradox: the collection is stitched together and, yet, it’s loose and baggy, letting in a lot of surprise.
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Burn This House by Kelly Davio
Michelle Salcido reviews Kelly Davio’s Burn This House today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Punchline by Nick Courtright
Brynn Downing reviews Nick Courtright’s Punchline today in Rumpus Poetry.
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“I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp,” by Richard Hell
Richard Hell – underground poet, critic, and one of the chief architects of New York’s punk scene in the 1970s – begins his long-awaited autobiography with a snapshot of childhood in 1950s middle America: “Like many in my time, when…
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Balloon Pop Outlaw Black by Patricia Lockwood
Josh Cook reviews Patricia Lockwood’s Balloon Pop Outlaw Black today in Rumpus Poetry.
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“Austerity,” by Mark Blyth
Mark Blyth, Professor of International Economics at Brown University, starts off his frightening and important book on economics, Austerity, with a healthy dose of self-awareness. He realizes that to add another book to the litany about the economic crisis demands…
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“Fire and Forget,” by Roy Scranton, Matt Gallagher, Colum McCann, and others
“It is the job of literature to confront the terrible truths of what war has done and continues to do to us,” novelist Colum McCann writes in the foreword for Matt Gallagher and Roy Scranton’s new collection of wartime short…
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Lullaby (with Exit Sign) by Hadara Bar-Nadav
Tova Gardner reviews Hadara Bar-Nadav’s Lullaby (with Exit Sign) today in Rumpus Poetry.
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“Kind One,” by Laird Hunt
Released from Coffee House Press in September 2012 and recently honored as one of four PEN/Faulkner Award finalists, Laird Hunt’s Kind One is a crushing and beautiful book. Taking place over the span of a century, 1830-1930, Kind One weaves…
