Architect like a motherfucker
Over at The Toast, Mallory Ortberg asks the very important question, what if we talked about architecture the way we do about writing. We’re obviously fond of the above selection,…
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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.
You Too Can Go To Iowa
Without ever leaving the comfort of wherever you access the internet. The University of Iowa is getting into the MOOC game with a new series titled How Writers Write: Talks…
The Rumpus Interview with W.S. Di Piero
W.S. Di Piero ruminates on his latest collection, TOMBO, being an excitable poet, why details are in his nature, and the importance of remaining alert and at the ready.
Memorial: A Version of Homer’s Iliad by Alice Oswald
Brian Spears reviews Alice Oswald's Memorial A Version of Homer's Iliad today in Rumpus Poetry.
The November Rumpus Book Club Roundup
Most of the time at the Rumpus Book Clubs we get books 3-4 weeks before everyone else does. It’s one of the best reasons to join, along with the opportunity…
A Request to the Poetry Foundation
As I hope you already know, lots of writers live in less than ideal economic circumstances. Many are self-employed or under-employed, and even with the PPACA (also known as Obamacare)…
Introducing the Write Like a Motherfucker Travel Mug
So you want to head to your favorite coffee shop to write, but you don’t want to bring your iconic, but very breakable ceramic Write Like a Motherfucker mug. What…
Why I Chose Bangalore by Kerry James Evans for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club
I wasn't thinking about the Syrian Civil War and the US's possible involvement in it when I chose Kerry James Evans's debut collection, Bangalore , for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club
Seamus Heaney: 1939 – 2013
I was saddened to read the news on my Facebook page this morning (because that’s how we get most of our news these days, from shared stories on social media)…
An August Rumpus Book Clubs Update
There’s still plenty of time to join in on the conversation on our August book club selections, Poe Ballantine’s Love and Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere and Brenda…