Crimson Colored Raunchiness and Terror
Taste of Cherry is a beautiful, carefully crafted, and sensual display of poetry; the verbal, pyrotechnical, unabashed bravery of the poems is their most significant quality.
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The Rumpus Original (Supersized) Combo with Kara Candito
"I think most contemporary poets occupy a fairly humble place in the universe, that we have few Byronic illusions about our fame. The act of reading my poems to an audience will always be a bit scary."
“Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.”
“His writings have changed the consciousness of a generation, and helped open new paths to understanding and its crucial meaning for our lives.” Noam Chomsky on Howard Zinn, who died…
Freedom of (Virtual) Assembly
Well this certainly isn’t your parents’ protest. The group Rethink Afghanistan has “executed a widespread war protest on the White House’s Facebook page.” Learn more at Mashable: “War Protesters Storm…
“Be a Warrior, Woman.”
“Even if you could please everyone, if you were an artist with as many gifts as Berdeshevsky, why would you want to?” Brian Beglin reviews Margo Berdeshevsky’s Beautiful Soon Enough.
Stirring Coffee with a Feather
Margo Berdeshevsky’s work straddles the line between fiction and poetry. Her characters grieve, dream, punish themselves, and try to find harmony between who they are and who they might still…
iTampon Links
“People are making a joke due to unfortunate word associations in the name of Apple’s new tablet, the iPad.” Twitter’s iTampon trending topic page. The Internet’s best period-related iPad jokes.…
Richard Porter at the February Rumpus
Most people would be content to watch Richard Porter watching paint dry. But at the next Monthly Rumpus on February 8th, Rich—who is Hooping.org’s male hooper of the year—will storm…
What Smart People Are (Still) Saying About Google.cn
As we mentioned earlier, and even earlier than that, the future of Google’s operations in China are up in the air following a security breech targeting human rights advocates’ gmail…
Morning Coffee
Is it just me or is today really dorky? We here at the Rumpus aren’t always so keen on the idea of steampunk, we do however like these lamps a…