The Instructions
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Notable Chicago 10/27–11/2
Sunday 10/27: Every week, you’re invited to join poets and spectators alike for the Uptown Poetry Slam. This is where slam poetry began and where it continues to grow. 7 PM, $6, The Green Mill. Monday 10/28: If you’ve been…
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Levin Wins Young Lion’s Award
Adam Levin, author of the former Rumpus Book Club selection, The Instructions has won the NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award! Congratulations to Adam (and McSweeney’s)!
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The Rumpus Book Club Interviews Adam Levin
The Rumpus Book Club talks with Adam Levin about The Instructions, Bar Mitzvahs, thinking you’re the Messiah, and what it’s like to publish a 1,000+ page book.
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Towel-Snapping The Janitor’s Ass
“C: Where did the idea [for The Instructions] come from? AL: Nowhere really, unless maybe from the sentence “I towel-snapped the ass of the Janitor,” which used to be the first line of the book. Or from having spent my…
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Book Club Member John Brown reviews The Instructions
The Instructions is this month’s Rumpus Book Club selection. Published by McSweeney’s the book is 1,024 pages. John Brown was probably the first member of the book club to finish it.
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The Instructions Ships Today!
The Instructions by Adam Levin. A debut novel, 1,024 pages, published byMcSweeney’s and rumored to be the best book McSweeney’s has ever put out, is the next Rumpus Book Club selection. Today is the last day to sign up for the Rumpus Book Club and…