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The Rumpus Presents: Letters in the Mail
Jonathan Ames and more bring back a lost art
Selected Shorts
One Story magazine and Hannah Tinti head uptown
Wallace Shawn and Deborah Eisenberg: An Ermine in Czernopol
Celebrate a new translation of this WWI novel with Shawn
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Features and interviews
The Rumpus Presents: Letters in the Mail
Jonathan Ames and more bring back a lost art
Recent reviews
Review: Ragnarok by A.S. Byatt
A Norse myth, a young woman’s realization and an author’s final analysis all get short shrift.
Review: The Children and the Wolves by Adam Rapp
A bleak look at childhood and adolescent bullying makes the future look frightening.
Review: Flatscreen by Adam Wilson
Low-level, adolescent angst is still angst, and Wilson nails it.
Review: The Last Nude by Ellis Avery
Avery captures post-WWI Paris and first love in the muse of a famous painter.
Stay Awake by Dan Chaon
Characters’ commonalities emerge after unique tragedies in Chaon’s new collection.
Author interviews
Mike Birbiglia
The funny storyteller somnambulates into print.
Mindy Kaling
This Office worker talks about her new book with her bestie.
The Hot Seat: Neil Gaiman
The British author draws on punk rock and Twitter for his inspiration.
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