Rumpus Exclusive: An Excerpt from Rob Roberge’s Liar
Rob Roberge's new memoir, Liar, is out February 9 from Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House.
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Rumpus Exclusive: An Excerpt from Joe Meno’s Marvel and a Wonder
A Rumpus exclusive excerpt from Joe Meno's latest novel, Marvel and a Wonder, out September 1st from Akashic Books.
Five Easy Pieces
"Five Easy Pieces" is a Rumpus exclusive excerpt from the forthcoming 52 Men, with autobiographical portraits based on based on Lou Reed, Michael Stipe, Jonathan Franzen, Jay Carney, and Carter Vanderbilt Cooper.
The Corpse of Wall Street
The first time I caught him swallowing a fistful of pills, he convinced me that they were vitamins. And why wouldn’t I believe him?
“Adams,” from Life Is Short—Art Is Shorter: In Praise of Brevity
A (very short) story by George Saunders, with an introduction by David Shields and Elizabeth Cooperman, excerpted from Life Is Short—Art Is Longer: In Praise of Brevity.
My Daughter at the Blue Venus
My daughter has finished experimenting with chemicals. Now she is experimenting with life.
