The Latest
-
The Unkindness of Time: Elaine Sexton’s “Site Specific: New and Selected Poems”
One minute we are on a coastal road; the next we share quiet thoughts in a country house, while looking at an old screen door which conjures up temporal family memories. At another moment we are watching a jet trail
-
Identity, America, and the Power of the Pen: A Conversation with Jason Mott
“I have learned over the years to control what I am willing to let go of. What I mean by that is, I think writers often underestimate how once you put something into print, it is no longer yours. It…
-
The Shipwreck Left in the Wake of Nature Versus Civilization: A Conversation with Anbara Salam
“I always thought that Patricia Highsmith was such a genius at this in the Ripley books. Ripley is such an unlikeable person, but you so desperately want him to get the things that he wants, even though he’s this horrendous,…
-
Rumpus Original Poetry: Varun U. Shetty
At the pet store, I look for a toy that doesn’t resemble an animal
-
Going into the Wreckage and Unearthing James Baldwin’s Great Loves: A Conversation with Nicholas Boggs
“ I wrote it as a kind of narrative so that people feel that they are in the room with Baldwin. I want them to feel that they are down by the waterfront. I want them to feel that they…
