The Original Copycat
Tim Youd has recently undertaken the task of reproducing Kingsley Amis’s Lucky Jim, but the Guardian says the idea of copying classic novels is not so original; Pierre Menard, a character in a Borges...
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The sun never sets on the literature of the British Empire, does it?Last year the estate of P. G. Wodehouse gave its blessing to Jeeves and the Wedding Bells, a new installment in the beloved series,...
View ArticleMacho Literary Culture
Kingsley Amis all but disappeared from the American literary consciousness after his death. Many of his novels were not even available stateside after their initial publication, although a new line of...
View ArticleThe Rumpus Interview with Leland Cheuk
After graduating from his MFA program at Lesley University, Leland Cheuk was diagnosed with Myelodysplastic Syndrome, or MDS, a type of bone marrow cancer. In February, he wrote for Salon that his...
View ArticleWhat to Read When Your Country Is Invaded by Russians
The news this week revealed that newly appointed Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath to congress when he said he had no prior meetings with the Russian ambassador. Oops. This plus the...
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