Julie Marie Wade Archives - The Rumpus

Far from Usual and Better for It: The Layered Poetics of Allison Blevins’s Slowly/Suddenly

Slowly/Suddenly is presented as a diptych in the Table of Contents, perhaps mirroring Blevins’s commitments to other forms of art, but her poems’ progression from Part I to Part II is not a linear narrative, not a Before & After.

Love in and Loving Lisa Dordal’s Water Lessons

If I didn’t already write poems, Lisa Dordal’s Water Lessons would make me want to write them.

Reading Achy Obejas’s BOOMERANG/BUMERÁN as Indelible and Recursive Testimony

A review of BOOMERANG/BUMERÁN, a bilingual poetry collection from Achy Obejas available now from Beacon Press.

Catalyst Events and a Time for Poetry: An Interview with Charles Flowers

Consider: My coming out story has been told, but coming out is constantly changing and shifting and needs retelling, and each telling has value for a particular audience.

Every Moment Has Infinite Possibilities: A Conversation with Julie Iromuanya

Julie Iromuanya discusses her debut novel, MR. AND MRS. DOCTOR.

Under the Influence of Jane Wong: A Recipe-Qua-Review of How to Not Be Afraid of Everything

Combine multiple ingredients in a single stanza-bowl.

Opening Survival Doors Through Language: A Conversation with Stacey Waite

Stacey Waite talks about her poetry collections BUTCH GEOGRAPHY and THE LAKE HAS NO SAINT.

Projective Wonder: Imagine Us, the Swarm by Muriel Leung

The individual and the crowd might prove as false a binary as anything else, even that [perforated] line sketched between poetry and prose.

From the Outside In: Talking with Ellene Glenn Moore

Ellene Glenn Moore discusses her debut poetry collection, HOW BLOOD WORKS.

Grab Hold the Rope of Language: A Conversation with Jan Beatty

Jan Beatty discusses her new memoir, AMERICAN BASTARD.

There Are No Cheap Seats in Lauren Shapiro’s Arena

Resonance is a given. You can’t help but hear. In Lauren Shapiro’s Arena, every seat is the best seat in the house.

Not Defined by Grief: A Conversation with Julie Marie Wade

Julie Marie Wade discusses her newest poetry collection, SKIRTED.

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