Argentina
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“Do You Hearest?”: A Review of Ova Completa by Susana Thénon, tr. Rebekah Smith
Where are you, Susana Thénon?—which I think might mean: How does Thénon achieve something more than evasion and isolation with all of this wandering around? Does she land somewhere?—“In a room where if I am I’m not or I am…
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with María Sonia Cristoff and Katherine Silver
Author María Sonia Cristoff and translator Katherine Silver discuss INCLUDE ME OUT.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Mariana Dimópulos and Alice Whitmore
Author Mariana Dimópulos and translator Alice Whitmore discuss ALL MY GOODBYES.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Meghan Flaherty
Meghan Flaherty discusses her debut memoir, Tango Lessons, how the book found its current format, and writing a memoir at a young age.
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When Theory and Fiction Collide: Savage Theories by Pola Oloixarac
Theory and fiction have a history. They’d been flirting with each other for centuries and now regularly engage in textual intercourse.
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Everyday Violence in Mariana Enríquez’s Things We Lost in the Fire
In Enríquez’s Argentina, superstitions and folk tales live side-by-side with stories of actual violence and horror.
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This Week in Books: Licorice Candies
Welcome to This Week in Books, where we highlight books just released by small and independent presses. Books have always been a symbol for and means of spreading knowledge and wisdom, and they are an important part of our toolkit…
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The Saturday Rumpus Interview with Jesse Lee Kercheval
I have learned to put myself, my ego, to one side and truly experience someone else’s poetry.
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Fighting for Community Pride with Street Murals
Isla Maciel, a small, poor community on the outskirts of bustling Buenos Aires, is experiencing a cultural makeover in the form of street art. Young artists aim to ignite communal pride, educate on issues of inequality and violence, and display…
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This Week in Short Fiction: Thus Were Their Faces by Silvina Ocampo
Probably more than anything else, sheer curiosity propels readers through [Silvina Ocampo’s] stories.
