Happy Birthday Tracy K. Smith!
That’s one hell of a birthday present, there. A Pulitzer Prize! We’d like to point out that The Rumpus Poetry Book Club had an idea of just how awesome this…
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Brian Spears
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Brian Spears is Senior Poetry Editor of The Rumpus and the author of A Witness in Exile (Louisiana Literature Press, 2011). His poem “Upon Reading That Andromeda Will One Day Devour Triangulum and Come For Us Next” was featured in Season 9 of Motion Poems.
National Poetry Month Day 12: “Semi-Aubade” by Elisa Gabbert
Welcome to The Rumpus’s National Poetry Month project. We’ll be running a new poem from a different poet each day for the month of April. Semi-Aubade When I wake in…
Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman Roundup
The news broke earlier today that George Zimmerman will be charged for the killing of Trayvon Martin. The charge is second-degree murder. Something important to remember about this case: Trayvon…
Adrienne Rich, 1929 – 2012
Adrienne Rich, one of the preeminent poets of the 20th and early 21st centuries, has died at the age of 82, according to the LA Times. I don’t really have…
Introducing The Rumpus Original Poetry Anthology
If you came by the Rumpus table at the AWP convention in Chicago last week you might have seen me or my partner/book designer Amy Letter demonstrating this anthology.
Science Saturday
Aging eyes can adversely affect your health. Easily pronounced names may make people more likable. I wonder if there’s a backlash against names which get too popular? Do you want…
The Rumpus at AWP
The AWP Convention starts this coming Wednesday, and The Rumpus will be there. Thursday night we’ll be raising money for 826 Chicago, which is an awesome youth literacy program and…
Saturday Morning Links
Two days ago I watched rain turn into snow and back into rain again over a three minut stretch. I’ve never seen that before. Hooray for Kickstarter–I really mean that–but…
Science Saturday
The Crab Nebula may be acting as a fast particle accelerator. If you’re going to take a picture of a black hole, you apparently need a telescope the size of…
Yeah, that’s pretty bad
It might not be the worst poem in the universe, as was recently claimed on Wikipedia, but Gina Rinehart’s paean to mining is pretty bad. I’ll copy a couple of…
Saturday Morning Links
Hard to believe, but in a week and a half, The Rumpus will be in Chicago for the AWP convention, and we’ll reading to raise money for 826 Chicago on…