A Woman’s Place is in the Ring: On Gender, Performativity and the Unreal

A Woman’s Place is in the Ring: On Gender, Performativity and the Unreal

Rufi Thorpe Considers Wrestling As a Way of Revealing the Inner Self

By Rufi Thorpe | June 11, 2024

Rufi Thorpe on the Narrative Role of the Bystander

Rufi Thorpe on the Narrative Role of the Bystander

Writing Ordinary People Who Witness the Extraordinary

By Rufi Thorpe | April 29, 2020

Actually, All Writers Steal

Actually, All Writers Steal

On the Theft of Myriad Details (Cigarette Brands, Orgies, Feelings About Boyz II Men)

By Rufi Thorpe | May 24, 2016

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Things We Never Say
  • John of John
  • Ghost Stories: A Memoir
  • The Hill
  • Look What You Made Me Do
  • Backtalker: An American Memoir
  • Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000
  • Glyph
  • The Village on the Edge of the World: Writing and Surviving in Ceausescu's Romania
  • Dog Days

  • Literary Hub

    Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature


    Masthead

    About

    Sign Up For Our Newsletters

    How to Pitch Lit Hub

    Advertisers: Contact Us

    Privacy Policy

    Support Lit Hub - Become A Member

    • If you buy books linked on our site, Lit Hub may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.