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Brian Spears
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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, but there’s lots of funny to be had there.
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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 on Craft and Commitment. Clink the link for more details.
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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.
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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.
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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 to chat online with group members and with the author…
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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) set to go into effect in January, there are still…
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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 to do? Do like I did yesterday and bring in…
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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
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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) of Seamus Heaney’s death at the age of 74. Many…
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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 Hillman’s Seasonal Works With Letters on Fire. You can sign…
