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Kim Liao

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The Verdant Heart of a Mythic Neighborhood: Cleyvis Natera’s Neruda on the Park

  • Kim Liao
  • November 15, 2022
In Natera’s masterful debut novel, a simple New York City park becomes the verdant heart of a mythic neighborhood, where fire escapes are like golden staircases and the community goodwill of friends and neighbors becomes a nurturing flame that sustains its members’ hearts and souls.
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A Dreamscape of Longing: Two Big Differences by Ian Ross Singleton

  • Kim Liao
  • March 1, 2022
Zina’s observations of her time in Detroit crystallize both a feeling of otherness and a wry critique of the young American activists who celebrated socialist ideas without fully appreciating the legacy of Soviet rule in Ukraine.
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A Year in Rumpus Book Reviews

  • The Rumpus
  • December 30, 2019
A look back at the books we've reviewed in 2019!
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Expunging the Bogeyman: Sady Doyle’s Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers

  • Kim Liao
  • October 30, 2019
The root of these imagined, monstrous versions of women, Doyle argues, is fear.
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So Funny It Kills: Getting Serious with Leland Cheuk

  • Kim Liao
  • October 25, 2019
Leland Cheuk discusses his new novel, NO GOOD VERY BAD ASIAN.
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The Rumpus Guide to AWP 2018

  • The Rumpus
  • March 2, 2018
A selection of AWP 2018 panels, readings, and events that we are especially excited for!
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Notable NYC: 11/18–11/24

  • Ian MacAllen
  • November 18, 2017
Literary events and readings in and around New York City this week!
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The Lucky Ones Are Those Who Do Not Disappear

  • Kim Liao
  • April 10, 2017
Pachico offers is an anthropological view of small, beautifully evoked human experiences—an ethnography of survival, memory, and nostalgia.
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