The Rumpus
  • My Account
  • Essays
  • Fiction
  • Poetry
  • Comics
  • Features
    • Interviews
    • The First Book
    • Reviews
    • Themed Months
    • What to Read When
  • Columns
    • Beyond the Page
    • Close Reads
    • Collaborative Criticism
    • ENOUGH
    • Funny Women
    • Parallel Practice
    • Voices on Addiction
    • We Are More
    • Conversations With Writers Braver Than Me
    • Dear Sugar
    • Roxane Gay
    • All Columns
  • Store
  • Prize
  • Rumpus Membership
  • Merch
  • Letters in the Mail
  • Bonfire Merch
  • My Account
Become a MemberDonate
Become a Member Donate
The Rumpus
The Rumpus The Rumpus
  • My Account
  • Essays
  • Fiction
  • Poetry
  • Comics
  • Features
    • Interviews
    • The First Book
    • Reviews
    • Themed Months
    • What to Read When
  • Columns
    • Beyond the Page
    • Close Reads
    • Collaborative Criticism
    • ENOUGH
    • Funny Women
    • Parallel Practice
    • Voices on Addiction
    • We Are More
    • Conversations With Writers Braver Than Me
    • Dear Sugar
    • Roxane Gay
    • All Columns
  • Store
  • Prize
0

Posts by tag

goodreads

21 posts
Read
  • Features & Reviews
  • Rumpus Original

Nothing Gets Solved: Talking with Kevin Nguyen

  • Janet Frishberg
  • April 22, 2020
Kevin Nguyen discusses his debut novel, NEW WAVES.
Read
Read
  • Features & Reviews
  • Reviews

Everyday Ferocity: Kathleen Hale’s Kathleen Hale Is a Crazy Stalker

  • Margot Parmenter
  • October 23, 2019
Throughout the collection, Hale speaks with an assured, accessible voice.
Read
Read
  • Deesha Philyaw
  • Features & Reviews
  • Rumpus Original

A Spirit Born into a Human Body: Talking with Akwaeke Emezi

  • Deesha Philyaw
  • February 21, 2018
Akwaeke Emezi discusses her debut novel, Freshwater, her public and private identities, and deciding when to translate culture for readers.
Read
Read
  • Features & Reviews
  • Rumpus Original

Language Is All Convention: Talking with Elif Batuman

  • Angela Chen
  • July 5, 2017
Elif Batuman discusses her new novel The Idiot, what it means to be a writer, and the artifice of language.
Read
Read
  • Features & Reviews
  • Interviews
  • Rumpus Original

The Rumpus Interview with Becky Tuch

  • Max Gray
  • July 1, 2016
Becky Tuch discusses founding The Review Review, motherhood, creativity, and the future of literary magazines.
Read
  • Other

Reading with Hermione

  • Stephanie Bento
  • January 13, 2016
Our Shared Shelf looks poised to be ideal for sharing feminist learning, just as Watson aimed for it to be. British actress Emma Watson—best known for playing the role of…
Read
  • Other

Let It Go

  • Roxie Pell
  • July 28, 2015
No one is forcing you to finish True Detective: …sometimes it’s OK not to “wait for the payoff.” Sometimes we just don’t like something, and we know that early on.
Read
  • Other

Authors, Goodreads Isn’t for You

  • Lyz Lenz
  • June 11, 2015
In response to a recent scuffle between a Goodreads reviewer and an author, BookRiot offers this advice to authors: But it’s not just the one-or-two-star reviews. I also don’t think…
Read
Read
  • Features & Reviews
  • Interviews
  • Rumpus Original

The Rumpus Interview with Steph Cha

  • Sabra Embury
  • January 2, 2015
Steph Cha talks about her new novel, Beware Beware, writing compelling and complex Korean American characters, and what reading a book has in common with a level in a video game.
Read
  • Other

Women Read Women

  • Ian MacAllen
  • November 26, 2014
Women read books written by women and men read books written by men, reports the Guardian. A study of Goodreads data suggests that people prefer reading books written by those…
Read
  • Other

Reading Recs: Man vs. Machine

  • Dinah Fay
  • October 29, 2014
At Co.EXIST, Jessica Leber pits the algorithms of digital giants Amazon and Goodreads against the ultimate recommendation engine: librarians. Leber details her experience with the Brooklyn Public Library’s BookMatch program,…
Read
  • Other

Online Ranting, Real-Life Raving

  • Guia Cortassa
  • October 23, 2014
YA author Kathleen Hale became obsessed over a negative Goodreads review of her first novel, to the point of finding the reviewer’s address and deciding to stalk her in real…
Read

Posts pagination

1 2 Next
Become a Member!

BECOME A MONTHLY OR ANNUAL RUMPUS MEMBER AND RECEIVE EXCLUSIVE CONTENT, EDITORIAL INSIGHTS, MERCH DISCOUNTS, AND MORE! OUR GOAL IS TO REACH AT LEAST 600 MEMBERS BY THE END OF 2025 TO COVER OUR BASIC OPERATING COSTS.

Join today!
COMMUNITY SUPPORT KEEPS THE MAGAZINE GOING!

Founded in 2009, The Rumpus is one of the longest-running online literary magazines around. We’ve been independent from the start, which means we’re not connected with any academic institution, wealthy benefactor, or part of a larger publishing company. The vast majority of the magazine’s funding comes from reader support.

In other words, we can’t survive without YOU!

Make a Tax-Deductible Donation
Letters in the mail (from authors)

Receive letters from some of our favorite authors written just for Rumpus readers and sent straight into your (snail) mailbox 2x a month!

sign up now!

Keep in Touch

The Rumpus publishes original fiction, poetry, literary humor writing, comics, essays, book reviews, and interviews with authors and artists of all kinds. Our mostly volunteer-run magazine strives to be a platform for risk-taking voices and writing that might not find a home elsewhere. We lift up new voices alongside those of more established writers our readers may already know and love. We want to bring new perspectives into the conversation that will make us all look deeper.

We believe that literature builds community—and if reading The Rumpus makes you feel more connected, please show your support! Get your Rumpus merch in our online store. Subscribe to receive Letters in the Mail from authors or join us by becoming a monthly or yearly Member.

We support independent bookstores! 10% of sales on any titles purchased through our Bookshop.org page or affiliate links benefits the magazine.

The Rumpus in your Inbox!
The Rumpus
  • Team
  • About & Writers’ Guidelines
  • Advertise
  • TOS and Privacy Policy
© 2025, The Rumpus.

Input your search keywords and press Enter.