I wrote an essay about Steely Dan, my favorite band of all time, and being a weird teenager for the New Yorker dot com!

RT @GuardianBooks: Colored Television by Danzy Senna review – race as performance

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RT @TheAtlantic: Other people can be baffling, @chelsealeu writes. But these seven books each do their part in clearing up the mysteries of….

RT @TheAtlantic: Even if you like what you do for a living, working can be tough, @chelsealeu writes. These titles help readers think thro….

RT @TheAtlantic: A new attitude of moral unease toward international travel is pervasive, @chelsealeu writes. Would we be doing the world a….

I raced through Akwaeke Emezi's new novel Little Rot, which I reviewed for the New York Times:

I often feel like I’ll never have a good idea again, so I rounded up 8 books about creative block for The Atlantic:

RT @galbeckerman: Thrilled to share our summer reading guide. 25 books, old and new, for your delectation.

I was in The Guardian last week, with a review of Rachel Khong's beautiful novel Real Americans:

RT @TheAtlantic: Enjoying a book at a park, a beach, or an open-air café encourages a particular leisurely frame of mind, @chelsealeu write….

I reviewed Helen Oyeyemi’s latest novel for the New York Times, and, well, it’s a trip. A trip to Prague, that is:

RT @TheAtlantic: Changing oneself is harder than perky how-to guides and self-help books suggest, @chelsealeu writes. These titles, by cont….

RT @TheAtlantic: These books explain our world with much-needed clarity, exposing how marvels like skyscrapers, computer chips, and the glo….

I rounded up 8 books about the complicated engineering that underpins our world—like global shipping, or infrastructure—for The Atlantic:

I read Lydia Davis’s new story collection—that one you can’t buy on Amazon—and reviewed it for The Times!

I don’t usually read horror, but I genuinely enjoyed these three horror short story collections I reviewed for the Times:

i’m in the Atlantic today, writing about seven books on practicing different skills—like gardening, or herding sheep!

RT @TheAtlantic: These books so vividly capture the satisfactions of the pursuits they describe that you might be tempted to take up garden….

for The Guardian, i reviewed Yan Ge’s Elsewhere, a jangly, eclectic collection of short stories:

I'm stepping down, but it has been a total blast to have served as Rumpus books editor for the past four years. I'm so grateful to everyone I've edited—there are too many people to tag, but you all know who you are. Everyone go pitch @_michaelbarron!.