online reviews

  • Rumpus Original Fiction: Mandarin Imperial

    Rumpus Original Fiction: Mandarin Imperial

    Growing up, I understood my father through observation, and I suspect that he understood me much the same way. I liked to think our love was purer that way. Like two stray dogs who found each other and are blessed…

  • The Importance of Leaving Book Reviews

    Over at the Huffington Post, Christina Larmer makes the case for all readers to leave reviews if they want to support the authors they love: If you can find a minute—and that’s all it takes, I promise you—please jot a…

  • The Rumpus Interview with Rick Moody

    The Rumpus Interview with Rick Moody

    Rick Moody talks about the newly collected writings of the elusive Reginald Edward Morse, Hotels of North America, and why fiction in general ought to lie more.

  • Weekly Geekery

    The intricacies of Spambot sexuality. Refining the language of the online review. Is threatening to cut someone in the comments section protected speech? Sure, I know. You can quit Twitter anytime you want to. The science of sainthood.