The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show: Cate Marvin
In Episode 11 of The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show, Cate Marvin discusses her new collection, Oracle, marsupials, and why she'll never write a prose poem. ...more
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The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show: Nicky Beer
In Episode 10 of The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show, poet Nicky Beer chats about her new collection, The Octopus Game, turning subject matter into art, and how we're all just shape-shifting actors trying to get through the day. ...more
Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show Live in NYC!
The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show goes live in NYC this Wednesday, February 4th!
Readings by Stephen Elliott, David Roderick, Beth Bachmann, and Nick Flynn, followed by a high-speed literary conversation moderated by Elliott and Roderick. Cornelia Street Cafe, 6 p.m., $8.
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The Americans by David Roderick
The Americans is no self-help book, no guide to suburban living. Rather, [it] offers all of us a chance to examine the places we make our homes, to remember what these places might mean in the context of American history, and to consider how they might shape American culture. ...more
The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show: Erin Belieu
In Episode 7 of The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show, Dave Roderick talks with poet Erin Belieu about her new collection, Slant Six, her work with VIDA, and how we're all just onions. ...more
National Poetry Month Day 22: “Terra Incognita” by David Roderick
Welcome to The Rumpus’s National Poetry Month project. We’ll be running a new poem from a different poet each day for the month of April.
Terra Incognita
Counting scars of gum on the stairs down
from the Dome I briefly felt joy
even though I’d just read, in the World or Times,
that some of my fellow citizens