Welcome to July 5th! Thanks to America, you are now missing limbs, hard of hearing, and hungover. Don’t worry. It’s still a fine day to read book reviews.
This week, The Rumpus reviews a biography of John Dillinger, C.D. Wright’s new book of lyric poems, a memoir by a critic for The Onion, a book of short stories, and a book of debut poems by Paul Otremba. Also, don’t miss a great essay on devils and two new entries in the “Last Book I Loved” series. Phew.
Loitering in the Wrong Places – A review of Rising, Falling, Hovering by C.D. Wright.
The Dead Sea Scrolls of John Dillinger – A review of Dillinger: The Untold Story by Russell Girardin.
Don’t Look Back – A review of The Big Rewind: A Memoir Brought to You by Pop Culture by Nathan Rabin.
What We Were Doing and Where We Were Going by Damian Searles.
Denying Epiphany — A review of The Currency by Paul Otremba.
Also, don’t miss A Mashup of Devils and Shya Scanlon’s and Julie Greicius’ The Last Book I Loved.
