Hell Is a Young Man: Fraternity by Benjamin Nugent
The brutality of frat culture, Nugent suggests, is a veneer that hardly masks its devotees’ miseries and insecurities.
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E. M. Forster
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The Queer Syllabus: Maurice by E. M. Forster
In The Queer Syllabus, writers nominate works for a new canon of queer literature.
The Torment of Queer Literature
Queer literature isn’t a box to unlock so that it can unlock me.
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #122: Nathan Hill
"Write what you want to write, he said, and let other people deal with taxonomies."
Pulling the Strings of Coincidence
Coincidence often gives fiction its chance to mean something. Over at Lit Hub, in an excerpt from her new book The Kite and the String, Alice Mattison walks us through brilliantly…
The Rumpus Interview with Ann Packer
Ann Packer discusses her most recent novel The Children's Crusade, artistic mothers, the writer and her “first principle,” and the fight to like your own characters.
Are You Living an E.M. Forster Novel?
Ever feel like your life feels eerily drawn out of A Room With a View or Howard’s End? Check off this checklist and find out if you’re in a whirlwind of irony…
The Stench of Honolulu by Jack Handey
Sean Carman reviews Jack Handey's THE STENCH OF HONOLULU today in The Rumpus Book Reviews.