The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Shane McCrae
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Shane McCrae about his new book The Animal Too Big to Kill, listening to music while writing, addressing God in poetry, and The Oak Ridge Boys.
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Sex and Selfhood
At the New Yorker, Garth Greenwell looks at the vivid sex scenes of Lidia Yuknavitch: Yuknavitch’s sex scenes are remarkable among current American novelists, not just for their explicitness but…
The Great Gay Novel
But no coverage of the book I’ve seen has discussed it as a novel fundamentally about gay lives—as the most ambitious chronicle of the social and emotional lives of gay…
The Unforgettable Queen
In the New Yorker, Garth Greenwell has a tribute to the Chilean writer, artist, and activist Pedro Lemebel.
Bel Canto to Bulgaria: The Rumpus Interview with Garth Greenwell
Garth Greenwell’s first novella, Mitko, won the 2010 Miami University Press Novella Contest. Greenwell discusses “gay identity,” loneliness abroad, and art songs with Shara Lessley.