The Rumpus Interview With Brenda Miller
Author Brenda Miller discusses the lyric essay, her "poet self" who always bleeds through, and what she's writing about next.
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Julie Marie Wade
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Julie Marie Wade is the author of 13 volumes of poetry, prose, and hybrid forms, including the newly released poetry collection, Skirted (The Word Works, 2021), the book-length lyric essay, Just an Ordinary Woman Breathing (The Ohio State University Press, 2020) and the limited-edition, hybrid-forms chapbook, P*R*I*D*E (Vermont College of Fine Arts, 2020), which won the inaugural Hunger Mountain Chapbook Prize. A recipient of the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir and grants from the Kentucky Arts Council and the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, she teaches in the creative writing program at Florida International University.
Trouble the Water by Derrick Austin
Julie Marie Wade reviews Derrick Austin's Trouble the Water today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Interview with Campbell McGrath
Campbell McGrath talks about his new collection, XX: Poems For The Twentieth Century, capitalism, history, and what it might mean to write a wordless poem.
Listening to Tao Yuan Ming by Dennis Maloney
Julie Marie Wade reviews Dennis Maloney's Listening to Tao Yuan Ming today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Interview with Karen Salyer McElmurray
Karen Salyer McElmurray talks about academia, the relationship between flaws and perfection, writing memoir, and the "tapestry" of writers who inspire her.
The Father of the Arrow is the Thought by Christopher Deweese
Julie Marie Wade reviews Christopher DeWeese's The Father of the Arrow is the Thought today in Rumpus Poetry.
Swan Feast by Natalie Eilbert
Julie Marie Wade reviews Natalie Eilbert's Swan Feast today in Rumpus Poetry.
A Long Engagement
The image that comes to my mind is a foot hovering above a stair. Marriage is the fabled next step, but engagement implies a kind of limbo, an almost-not-quite-there yet—the zero that comes before the one.
The Rumpus Interview with Les Standiford
Prolific writer and Director of the FIU Creative Writing Program Les Standiford takes a look back at his career in books, including Water to the Angels and Bringing Adam Home, and tells us what's next.
Shipbreaking by Robin Beth Schaer
Julie Marie Wade reviews Robin Beth Schaer's Shipbreaking today in Rumpus Poetry.