This Week in Indie Bookstores
Indie bookstore news from across the country and around the world!
...moreIndie bookstore news from across the country and around the world!
...moreWhen Ashleigh Bryant Phillips lets loose, she can shock.
...moreJD Scott discusses their new story collection, MOONFLOWER, NIGHTSHADE, ALL THE HOURS OF THE DAY.
...moreAlysia Li Ying Sawchyn discusses her debut essay collection, A FISH GROWING LUNGS.
...moreC Pam Zhang discusses her debut novel, HOW MUCH OF THESE HILLS IS GOLD.
...moreA weekly roundup of essays we’re reading online!
...moreLiterary events in and around NYC this week!
...moreLiterary events in and around the Twin Cities this week!
...moreLiterary events in and around NYC this week!
...moreA look back at the books we’ve reviewed in 2018!
...moreThe Rumpus editorial staff selects our favorite pieces from 2018!
...moreClaudia Dey discusses her first American release, HEARTBREAKER.
...moreAllie Rowbottom discusses her debut memoir, JELL-O GIRLS.
...moreThe sentence is Groff’s most fertile ground.
...moreMalinda McCollum discusses her debut story collection, THE SURPRISING PLACE.
...moreLiterary events in and around L.A. this week!
...moreLiterary events in and around the Bay Area this week!
...moreLiterary events in and around New York City this week!
...moreKristen Arnett discusses her debut collection, Felt in the Jaw, how place informs writing, and deciding to hold her book release party at a local 7-Eleven.
...moreThe 2018 Whiting Awards winners share books that have inspired them, plus a giveaway!
...moreWhile we can’t promise that 2018 won’t find us facing more political upheaval, we can assure you that there will be great literature to offer moments of escape and inspiration.
...moreWednesday 7/12: National Book Award winner Julia Glass (Three Junes) reads from her newest novel, A House Among the Trees. Free, 7:30 p.m., Green Apple Books on the Park. Thursday 7/13: RADAR Productions collaborates with Nomadic Press to present July’s edition of the Queer Reading Series at the San Francisco Public Library. As usual, there will be cookies. […]
...moreIf you can make only one event this week, don’t miss the Oakland Book Festival on Sunday, 5/21. This all-day festival features more than 100 writers, 50 panels, and lots of tabling and networking. And, The Rumpus will be there! Wednesday 5/17: Rakesh Satyal (Lambda Award winner for Blue Boy) reads from his new novel, No One Can […]
...moreMonday 1/30: Start your week with a little whiskey. Magers & Quinn hosts writer Fred Minnick, author of Bourbon: The Rise, Fall & Rebirth of an American Whiskey. He’ll read from and answer questions about the book. 7 p.m., free. Tuesday 1/31: At Once Upon A Crime, mystery writer Ellen Hart will present, discuss, and […]
...moreWhat would the main characters from Lauren Groff’s Fates and Furies be like on Twitter? At The Millions, Claire Cameron imagines what sort of missives Lotto and Mathilde Satterwhite would tweet out into the void.
...moreTo help kick off the celebrations, The Rumpus has an exclusive Q&A with Lauren Groff, 2016 Bookstore Day Author Ambassador.
...moreThe deeper I get into this life of writing and making things, the more I understand that I don’t know. … As long as I feel like I’m trying to speak as much truth as I possibly can, and people are willing to publish this and I do the best job I possibly can, then […]
...moreWhen Esquire released a list of “The 80 Best Books Every Man Should Read,” the magazine provoked ire and excoriation. But hey, at least Esquire has recognized its mistake. For its new list of “80 Books Every Person Should Read,” the magazine consulted women readers who know what they’re talking about, from authors like Lauren Groff […]
...moreIn a lot of senses, this book is as much a critique of the novel as it is a novel. It’s about the assumptions we have about who gets to create, and what has been created, and how stories get told… People have charged me with misandry, which is crazy because I truly, deeply love […]
...moreLauren Groff talks about her new novel, Fates and Furies, the life of creative people and those who love them, and why she’s grateful to anyone who reads books.
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