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What to Read When Trying to Figure Out Who You Are
Terry H. Watkins shares a list of books to celebrate her novel, DARLING GIRL.
What to Read When You Want to Read an “Uncomfortable” Book
Authors whose works have been challenged or banned give recommendations on other "uncomfortable" books that will make you a better person for having read them.
What to Read When Everyone Is Celebrating Dads
Whether you are celebrating your father or cursing his name this Father's Day, here's a list of very good books about fathers from writers we love.
The Artist as Public Object
Is it because rather than keeping us almost entirely out of the empty room, as Lee did, Ocean chose to let us in through hints and ephemera? And more broadly,…
Harper Lee’s Estate Kills Low Cost Edition
The estate of Harper Lee will no longer allow the publication of the mass market paperback edition of To Kill a Mockingbird. Lee’s estate is expected to earn higher royalties…
The Rumpus Interview with Cote Smith
Cote Smith talks about his debut novel, Hurt People, growing up in a prison town, using rejection as motivation, and brotherly love.
Re-Rethinking Harper Lee
At Lit Hub, Kate Jenkins discusses Southern literature’s clumsy history in dealing with race, and theorizes that, in light of Go Set A Watchman, Harper Lee may have actually been…
Coming of Age
The publication of Go Set a Watchman may have cast Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird in a new light, but the high school classic and its author will forever…
Harper Lee’s Life and Work
Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird, passed away on Friday. William Grimes remembers her life and work for the New York Times: Looking back on her childhood as a precocious tomboy,…
Aaron Sorkin’s Mockingbird
In an announcement that is equal parts completely expected and narrow-eyes-tilted-head inducing, Aaron Sorkin will adapt Harper Lee’s beloved classic To Kill a Mockingbird for the stage, to be directed by Barlett…
The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Jonathan Travelstead
I try to...consider the writing process as seriously as I do entering a house with black smoke puffing from its eaves.