A Fundamental Sense of Mystery: Talking with Cara Blue Adams
Cara Blue Adams discusses her debut story collection, YOU NEVER GET IT BACK.
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Posts Tagged: Marilynne Robinson
The Tragedy of Hope: Talking with Willa C. Richards
Willa C. Richards discusses her debut novel, THE COMFORT OF MONSTERS.
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What to Read When You Crave Calm After Doomscrolling
Anne Goldman shares a reading list to celebrate STARGAZING IN THE ATOMIC AGE.
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Instantly Gritty: Talking with Jennifer Pashley
Jennifer Pashley discusses her new novel, THE WATCHER.
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The Quiet Poetry of Post-Rock
You just have to sink into the music and let it wash over you.
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Letting Pleasure Lead: A Conversation with Kyle McCarthy
Kyle McCarthy discusses her debut novel, EVERYONE KNOWS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU.
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Notable Online: 10/11–10/17
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Notable Online: 10/4–10/10
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Notable Online: 9/27–10/3
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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What to Read When You Feel Too Much
Rachel Vorona Cote shares a reading list to celebrate TOO MUCH.
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The Lenses We Can’t See: A Conversation with Howard Axelrod
Howard Axelrod discusses his new book, THE STARS IN OUR POCKETS.
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Knowing-Not-Knowing: A Conversation with Hannah Ensor
Hannah Ensor discusses her debut poetry collection, LOVE DREAM WITH TELEVISION.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Michele Filgate
Michele Filgate discusses WHAT MY MOTHER AND I DON’T TALK ABOUT.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #148: Daniel Torday
“I also wanted this to be a deeply overtly American book.”
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What to Read When You’re Broke Down in Hell
A list of Melissa Stephenson’s down-and-out favorites for when you have a case of the grays.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Katie Ford
Katie Ford discusses her new collection, IF YOU HAVE TO GO.
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We’re All Unreliable Narrators: Talking with R.O. Kwon
R.O. Kwon discusses her debut novel, THE INCENDIARIES.
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The Delusion of Objectivity: Talking with Leslie Jamison
Leslie Jamison discusses The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath, understanding that every text is incomplete, and whether motherhood has changed her writing.
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What to Read When You’re a Whiting Award Winner
The 2018 Whiting Awards winners share books that have inspired them, plus a giveaway!
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What to Read When You Want to Read Women on Home
A list from Margot Kahn and Kelly McMasters to celebrate the release of This Is the Place: Women Writing about Home.
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Saying What Shouldn’t Be Said: A Conversation with Julie Buntin
Julie Buntin discusses her debut novel, Marlena, why writing about teenage girls is the most serious thing in the world, and finding truths in fiction.
...moreThe Rumpus Interview with Larissa MacFarquhar
Larissa MacFarquhar discusses her book Strangers Drowning, why she finds nonfiction so compelling, and how she gets inside the minds of her subjects.
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The Givenness of Things by Marilynne Robinson
Kevin O’Kelly reviews The Givenness of Things by Marilynne Robinson today in Rumpus Books.
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The Rumpus Interview with Dean Koontz
Dean Koontz talks about his newest novel, Ashley Bell, overcoming self-doubt, and “what this incredibly beautiful language of ours allows you to do.”
...moreThe President Chats Up Marilynne Robinson
We already know that President Obama is a well-read man, his trips to the bookstore always yielding stacks of books to devour, and now he tries his hand at interviewing one of his favorite authors, Marilynne Robinson. The New York Review of Books has the story: But one of the things that I don’t get […]
...moreMarilynne Robinson on Being an American
When Christians abandon Christian standards of behavior in the defense of Christianity, when Americans abandon American standards of conduct in the name of America, they inflict harm that would not be in the power of any enemy. Marilynne Robinson, author of Housekeeping, Gilead, Home, and Lila, writes about how Christianity and exceptionalism have the potential […]
...moreThe Mystery Of Misleading Titles
For the Guardian, Moira Redmond considers the prevalence of “misleading” book titles. The article references a number of well-known texts including Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping, which Redmond suggests is “sublimely about non-housekeeping.” However, Moira argues that “allusive titles” are not without merit: “They can be intriguing and draw you in. And obscure titles at least make a change from the current […]
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The Rumpus Interview with Kenny Porpora
Kenny Porpora discusses his memoir The Autumn Balloon, addiction and alcoholism, writing truthfully about his mother, falling asleep at Burger King with his laptop while drafting, and how he finally found his personal writing style.
...morePoe’s Moby-Dick?
For the New York Review of Books, Marilynne Robinson considers the place of Edgar Allen Poe’s novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, within the author’s prolific career. In addition to comparing Pym to other maritime novels, including Moby-Dick, Robinson argues that labeling Poe as a writer of “horror” overlooks the range and depth of his work. He has […]
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The Rumpus Interview with Steph Cha
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.
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