David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: Whitman Notebook: Summer Grass
Whatever is undiscovered in “Song of Myself” is in the soil.
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Figuring It Out: A Conversation with Rosellen Brown
Rosellen Brown discusses her new novel, THE LAKE ON FIRE.
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We Stand with Moira Donegan
I, and The Rumpus, stand firmly with Moira Donegan.
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Little What to Read When
A new monthly illustrated What to Read When for the young readers in our lives!
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All Tied Up and Slipping Away: Talking with Micah Perks
Micah Perks discusses TRUE LOVE AND OTHER MIRACULOUS ESCAPES.
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The Queer Syllabus: House Rules by Heather Lewis
In The Queer Syllabus, writers nominate works for a new canon of queer literature.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Joy Priest
Whole ecosystems, / the country’s fauna, built through / our long blood.
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All You Need: The Summer of Love and the Manson Family Murders
Need is blind and will not see.
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Above All, Time: A Conversation with Beth Bachmann
Poet Beth Bachmann discusses her new collection, CEASE.
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ENOUGH: The Host Body
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary people that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “In the Realm of Vanished Beasts”
Our experience has not been curated; we make of it what we want.
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Blind Hunger, Black Bodies, and Radiohead’s In Rainbows
I’ve seen it coming. This is where it passes through.
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Change Ourselves, Change the World: Talking with Lacy M. Johnson
Lacy M. Johnson discusses THE RECKONINGS.
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What to Read When You’ve Lost Your Spiritual Flashlight
A go-to list for refreshing, down-to-earth, spot-on spiritual reading.
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HORN! REVIEWS: Evergreen Review No. 1
…a beard divides parents from son in this time capsule of the 50s avant-garde…
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Smart Girls, Weird Magic: Talking with Kendra Fortmeyer
Kendra Fortmeyer discusses her first novel, HOLE IN THE MIDDLE.
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The Queer Syllabus: Rufus: The Bat Who Loved Colors by Tomi Ungerer
In The Queer Syllabus, writers nominate works for a new canon of queer literature.
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Voices on Addiction: A Conversation with Kristi Coulter
This world doesn’t have to like me. But it does have to reckon with me, with my humanity.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Too Sexy”
I am not coked out of my mind, I’m coked into my mind.
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Circling Backwards, Snaking Sideways: Talking with Sharlene Teo
Sharlene Teo discusses her debut novel, PONTI.
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ENOUGH: The Forgotten Women
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary people that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Swinging Modern Sounds #89: In Praise of Tom Petty
Because Petty was so prolific and so popular, the intense craftsmanship of his body of work has been hiding in plain sight.
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Breaking the Codes
So I said nothing. To protect you, and to protect myself.
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The Inward Place: A Conversation with Claudia Dey
Claudia Dey discusses her first American release, HEARTBREAKER.
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Little What to Read When
A new monthly illustrated What to Read When for the young readers in our lives!
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We Are Natural Creatures: Talking with Karen Solie
“At the limit of language we meet our mortality.”
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The Queer Syllabus: “The Outing” by James Baldwin
In The Queer Syllabus, writers nominate works for a new canon of queer literature.
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Judging Kavanaugh
[W]omen won’t forget this come November and beyond.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Any Good Wife
Airong’s voice was stern, matter-of-fact. “I’m pregnant.”
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