What to Read When: A Holiday Book-Gifting Guide
Rumpus recommendations for books to gift to friends and family this holiday season!
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Posts Tagged: Kristen Radtke
Taking Care: A Conversation with Alix Ohlin
Alix Ohlin discusses her new story collection, WE WANT WHAT WE WANT.
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Sketch Book Reviews: Seek You by Kristen Radtke
An illustrated review of Kristen Radtke’s new book, SEEK YOU!
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Notable Online: 7/18–7/24
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Notable Online: 7/4–7/10
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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What to Read When You’ve Made It Halfway Through 2021
Rumpus editors share forthcoming books they can’t wait to read!
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Notable Online: 3/7–3/13
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Women’s History
Rumpus editors share a list of new and forthcoming books to celebrate Women’s History Month.
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Notable Online: 11/29–12/5
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Notable NYC: 11/3–11/9
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
...moreNotable NYC: 11/11–11/17
Literary events and readings in and around New York City this week!
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If You Are Abandoned
My uncle and I had shared many silences together and, in those silences, I felt as if we knew each other.
...moreNotable NYC: 7/8–7/14
Sunday 7/9: Rachel Lyon, Gordon Harber, Chanice Hughes-Greenberg, and host Madeline Stevens join Sundays at Erv’s. Erv’s, 6 p.m., free. Monday 7/10: Jami Attenberg, Nicole Dennis-Benn, Courtney Maum, Elizabeth Crane, Paul Lynch, and Chiwan Choi join the Franklin Park reading series. Franklin Park, 8 p.m., free. Madeleine Mermall, Camonghne Felix, Mia Kang, Rachel Kang, Jeffery […]
...moreNotable Twin Cities: 4/30-5/6
Sunday 4/30: Brian Lutterman will be signing copies of his new novel Freefall. Barnes and Noble St. Paul, 2 p.m., free. Monday 5/1: Bonnie St. John will present her book Micro-Resilience: Minor Shifts for Major Boosts in Drive, Focus, and Energy. Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 7 p.m., free. Tuesday 5/2: Check out Books & Bars! It’s a monthly live performance and discussion about a […]
...moreNotable Los Angeles: 4/24–4/30
Monday 4/24: Jeff Guinn discusses and signs The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore. Tuesday 4/25: Ed Rucker discusses and signs his thriller The Inevitable Witness. 6:30 p.m. at Diesel Brentwood. John Waters signs Make Trouble. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
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Visiting Abandoned Places: A Conversation with Kristen Radtke
Kristen Radtke discusses her illustrated memoir Imagine Wanting Only This, working with editors on graphic narratives, and visiting abandoned places.
...moreA Circus, a Kiss
The circus was small, a little tent in the center of a field, but of course we didn’t know it was small, we didn’t know there were bigger circuses in other places. We didn’t even know there were other places. As part of Guernica’s bimonthly series “The Kiss,” graphic novelist Kristen Radtke has an illustrated […]
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The Rumpus Interview with Nathan Deuel
Nathan Deuel discussees his collection of essays, Friday Was The Bomb: Five Years in the Middle East, and his attempts to encapsulate cultures so often misunderstood and misrepresented by American media.
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