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Brian Spears
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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 book was even before it officially came out. Not that…
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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 the morning, my mind is black.
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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 Martin was killed 46 days ago. This only became a…
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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 much to add–she was an amazing poet and powerful presence…
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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.
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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 to know what microbes are living on your smartphone? Rainfall…
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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 which is home to The Boring Store, which is definitely…
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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 it’s more than a little messed up that they’re going…
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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 Earth. So some scientists are building one, sort of. Tasmanian…
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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 couplets here for you, and you can decide whether to…
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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 the evening of March 1. I’ve been with the Rumpus…