Brian here, subbing in for Seth who’s taking some well-deserved time off. It’s probably just a coincidence that he took off when there’s such a huge week for Rumpus Books. Yeah, that’s it. Come click through and see what Rumpus Books has been up to this week.
Below, find our reviews, essays, and interviews.
Alec Michod interviews Sloane Corsby.
Daniel Stolar reviews Keith Scribner’s The Oregon Experiment, and Tom Barbash interviews Scribner in our first of two combos for the week.
Barbara Berman reviewed Evan Boland’s new book of essays, Becoming a Woman Poet.
Amy Letter interviewed Ana Menendez about her new book, Adios, Happy Homeland, which was reviewed by Mimi Albert.
Lois Bassen reviewed Tess Gallagher’s Midnight Lantern.
Katie Wudel reports from the New York Poetry Festival.
Helena Fitzgerald writes that the Last Poem she Loved was “Dream Song 29” by John Berryman, while for Alexis Orgera, it’s “Figures in a Landscape” by Gail Mazur.
The last book Ross McKeekin loved was Tim O’Brien’s In the Lake of the Woods and the last book Rose Gowen loved was Péter Nadas’s A Book of Memories.
