Rumpus Original Poetry: Four Poems by Marisa Tirado
More poems that make me uncomfortable / with the slant of the world! Follow it to the fold!
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Fichte Died Here
Seven digits, no area code. Local. Hello, a voice said.
Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Cindy Juyoung Ok
Others have more lateral complaints after reading / books on plant cultivation and memorizing ideal / temperatures, water sources, and angles of sunlight.
Beyond the Page: Undocupoets
We see intimacy, an uneasy position within the natural world, one that requires mediation. And we see five emerging poets ready to reshape their futures according to their poetry.
Voices on Addiction: Furry Dice, Milkshakes, and Meth
I won’t wear the red flats again. That’s that girl who is in the bathroom forever. I know everybody knows.
Rumpus Original Fiction: Nosedive
Standing and staring at a familiar nothing, you’re suddenly peaceful, suspended; you don’t want to move an inch.
Rumpus Original Poetry: Four Poems by Zachariah Claypole White
sisyphus never bothered to name breathless desire / suffering a language like canker sores you collect
ENOUGH: Three Poems on the Domestic
I never saw the current raging beneath / a rip tide of blood that boils without warning, / melting the 24-carat gold / into pools of nightmares
Rumpus Original Fiction: Crusher
Under your puffer, you sweat from the exertion of the approach, but each step brings cooler air. It won’t be long before the rock becomes numbingly cold.
Funny Women: 10 Most Anticipated AI-Generated Books
It’s a book worth reading to page fifty and then regifting.
Like A Mother: Joyelle McSweeney’s Death Styles
For the reader, it is the dedication before McSweeney’s first poem, “for my daughters,” that signals it is time to read.