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National Poetry Month Day 19: “Astronomy of Fishes & Emily Dickinson (1986)” by Adrian Matejka

Astronomy of Fishes & Emily Dickinson (1986) One eye squeezed like a bag phone between shoulder & ear. Another eye stuck in a paper towel tube like it’s a telescope…

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Vow by Kristina Marie Darling

Lisa Cheby reviews Vow by Kristina Marie Darling and Music for another life by Darling and Max Avi Kaplan today in Rumpus Poetry.

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THE LAST BOOK I LOVED: The Last Good Kiss BY JAMES CRUMLEY

Doesn't it always start with poetry? Or at least a poet. Or at least a writer.

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First Novels and the Art of Revision

Most first novels are really second novels, since most first novels go unpublished. Writing for ZYZZYVA, Rumpus contributor Aaron Gilbreath talks through his experience having his debut memoir rejected, eventually…

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Comics

Maakies: How to Draw Maakies

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I Cook Because I Love You

When my grandmother taught me to make banana pancakes, which we did every Wednesday night through much of my childhood, she would counsel “Hold the bowl” as I stirred, which…

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Women Who Prey

Sex in both endeavors [Nymphomanic and Under the Skin] is a must; an addiction in the former and a tool for sustenance in the latter. But in both cases the women are driven by something beyond their control and as a result, they prey.

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But is Poetry a Job?

Over at the Poetry Foundation, Patricia Lockwood considers whether or not poetry is real work: Is it work, though? The question persists. Is a single muscle exerted during the process? Do…

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Notable Chicago: 4/18–4/24

Friday 4/18: Angie Chuang, Assistant Professor of Journalism at American University School of Communication, reads from and discusses her book The Four Words for Home, documenting a five-year journey comparing a…

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National Poetry Month Day 18: “My Brother” by Carmen Gimenez Smith

My Brother My brother _is__ a savior who can torpedo through privilege with an artistic stun gun he’s a tempest saturating the city He makes a scar in the earth_…

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Love to Gabo

Gabriel Garcia Marquez died yesterday at home in Mexico City. 87 years since his birth in Aracataca, CO, “Gabo” Marquez has written over twenty novels and short story collections. He…

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Dangerous Goods by Sean Hill

Wesley Rothman reviews Sean Hill's Dangerous Goods today in Rumpus Poetry.

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