Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Literally the only thing that unites us all is a love of dinosaurs. Today is a good day to appreciate the Pop Art rugs of Dorothy Grebenak. While we’re here,…
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Finishing What You Start: A Conversation with Musician Matt Kivel
Matt Kivel discusses his latest release, Fires on the Plain, the ways in which cinema inspires his music, and how he reads his critics.
National Poetry Month Day 11: Millissa Kingbird
Every year, The Rumpus celebrates National Poetry Month by running new poems from poets we admire. We feature a different poet each day, and aim to illustrate the variety in voices and styles of poetry being written today.
Album of the Week: Arca by Arca
In 2012, after leaving their homeland Venezuela for New York City and then London, Alejandro Ghersi began playing music under the stage name of Arca. A former child star, Ghersi…
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: 21 Poems That Shaped America (Pt. 10): “The Gods”
Poetic contemplation typically is a means to container experience, like a still life.
Next Letter in the Mail: Kate Colby
We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from poet and writer Kate Colby! Kate takes comfort in writing a letter to us while while “embroiled…
Notable Philadelphia: 4/11–4/17
Tuesday 4/11: Tamara J. Ralis reads from Dreamers of Earth and Aether. 7 p.m. at Wooden Shoe. SUNDRUNK reading series: Lost & Found. Featured poets: Brittanie Sterner, Kassidi Jones, and Patrick…
This Week in Indie Bookstores
The Wild Rumpus (no relation), a children’s bookstore in Minneapolis, was named the bookstore of the year by Publishers Weekly. Minneapolis is also the third most literate city in the US, taking…
The Myth of the Troubled Female in Sorry to Disrupt the Peace
Sometimes it's necessary to shift one's moral compass, and sometimes it's necessary to destroy it.
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Ethical questions from our current dystopia: what happens when your internet provider knows your porn habits? Long story short, the most natural state is punching someone. Here comes Norway’s doomsday…
Funny Women #152: Features of the Groundbreaking American Writers Museum
We’ll be open as long as the National Endowment for the Arts is.
National Poetry Month Day 10: Francesca Bell
Every year, The Rumpus celebrates National Poetry Month by running new poems from poets we admire. We feature a different poet each day, and aim to illustrate the variety in voices and styles of poetry being written today.