This Week in Short Fiction
On Tuesday, Knopf released In the Country, the much-anticipated first book by Mia Alvar. The story collection follows characters uprooted by the Filipino diaspora trying to find homes elsewhere or...
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In the Country by Mia Alvar
Don’t be fooled by Mia Alvar’s smooth, languid, slow-paced prose, for behind it hides sharp observations of human nature and our capacity for cruelty. As she writes in one of the stories from her debut...
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The Rumpus Interview with Mia Alvar
Days after I delved deep into Mia Alvar’s debut collection of short stories, In the Country, I thought of hiraeth. Roughly translated, this Welsh word describes a homesickness, a longing for a place to...
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Notable NYC: 3/11–3/17
Saturday 3/11: Carolyn Hembree, Neil Shepard, and Terese Svoboda read poetry. Berl’s Poetry Shop, 7 p.m., free. Chris Tysh and Cole Swensen join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday 3/12:...
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What to Read When They Yell “Go Home!”
America is experiencing a moral crisis around immigration. Our current administration’s policies and priorities allow for families to be torn apart, children’s lives to be placed in jeopardy, and...
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The Rumpus Guide to AWP 2018
AWP is almost upon us! Next week, over 12,000 attendees—writers, editors, publishers, teachers, students, and book lovers—will descend upon Tampa, Florida for four days of literary madness. The...
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Notable Los Angeles: 3/19–3/25
Monday 3/19: Lynell George discusses and signs After/Image: Los Angeles Outside the Frame. 6 p.m. at Eso Won Bookstore. Karen Karbo discusses and signs In Praise of Difficult Women: Life Lessons from...
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