The Violence of Forgetting: Jesse Ball’s The Divers’ Game
His is not a language that trivializes violence; it’s a language that exposes it.
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Posts Tagged: census
The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Jesse Ball
Jesse Ball discusses his new novel, Census, the inherent sinister nature of institutions, and creating imaginary authors.
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Find out what The Rumpus Book Club is reading in February!
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What to Read When 2018 Is Just Around the Corner
While we can’t promise that 2018 won’t find us facing more political upheaval, we can assure you that there will be great literature to offer moments of escape and inspiration.
...morePANEL BUSTING: The Census
At Oxford American, Rumpus columnist Nick Rombes breaks into the official US census for 1860, chronicling his reaction to the text and the traces left behind by past readers. “Curled delicately, its oil having spread out in a bloom across the pages, the hair is part of a human body in a book about numbered […]
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