What to Read When You Need to Know SWANA
SWANA writers share recommendations for what to read to gain perspective on the region.
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On Beloveds, Birds, and the Expansiveness of Space: Talking with Paige Lewis
Paige Lewis discusses their debut collection of poetry, SPACE STRUCK.
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The Proustian Wilbur Bud
We all will have lost something in the forgetting.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Four Poems by Elizabeth Robinson
A story consists in how long the creature can hold it all in, the lung of the thing.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Ojalá
There is an irony that sometimes rings Mona like a bell.
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The Right Wrong Note: A Conversation with Garth Greenwell
Garth Greenwell discusses his new book, CLEANNESS.
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ENOUGH: Leaving Buffalo Behind
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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The Thread: Lacuna
If nobody tells you what to call a feeling, your emotions have a gap.
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Welcome to South Bend: The Poetry of South Bend
All my mixed-up words.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “The Factory Is Anointed”
He wonders at how fast it all changed.
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No One Is Disposable: Talking with Emma Copley Eisenberg
Emma Copley Eisenberg discusses THE THIRD RAINBOW GIRL.
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What to Read When You’re Surrounded by Ghosts
Katharine Coldiron shares a reading list to celebrate CEREMONIALS.
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You Have to Look For It: A Conversation with Cameron Dezen Hammon
Cameron Dezen Hammon discusses her debut memoir, THIS IS MY BODY.
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“Close to You”: A Family’s Love, Depression, and Grief
In my hands is the record of my youth.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Craig Santos Perez
What is the sound / of no Spam frying?
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Lesbian Poetry’s Vatic Voices: The Specter of Ecocatastrophe
Change happens. It is dramatic. Poetry transformed lesbian lives.
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Off the Grid: Talking with Jamie Beth Cohen
Jamie Beth Cohen discusses her debut novel, WASTED PRETTY.
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ENOUGH: What I Remember / What I Don’t Remember
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Seven Visual Poems by Sarah J. Sloat
She spoke for ages one afternoon / about / kneeling.
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Spotlight: “Giraffe’s Midwife”
I’ve seen the future and helped it crown.
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State of The Rumpus
Together, we will make it through this upcoming year.
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Both Past and Present: A Conversation with Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
Poet Marcelo Hernandez Castillo discusses his debut memoir, CHILDREN OF THE LAND.
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What to Read When You Want to Escape the White Gaze
Contributors to GRAFFITI share a reading list of books that that don’t consider the white gaze.
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Sentence by Sentence: Talking with Nicholas Mancusi
Nick Mancusi discusses his debut novel, A PHILOSOPHY OF RUIN.
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Geography of Peaks and Dips and Lights
I looked out the window again, and there it still was.
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Stories We Tell Ourselves: A Conversation with Miranda Popkey
Miranda Popkey discusses her debut novel, TOPICS OF CONVERSATION.
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The Rumpus Top 30 of 2019
We share our thirty most-read pieces of 2019!
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A Soul-Satisfying Crunch: Kitchen Sink Granola Bars
Following Sunday services, everyone had gathered for a potluck meal.
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The Habit of Art: Another Year of Daily Painting
For starters, it’s not magic. You still have your regular life to lead.
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A Year in Rumpus Book Reviews
A look back at the books we’ve reviewed in 2019!
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