Next Letter for Kids: Abby Cooper
Our next Letter for Kids is from author of STONES and BUBBLES, Abby Cooper!
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A New Understanding of Experience: David Biespiel’s The Education of a Young Poet
This book will make you appreciate poetry more. And if you’re a poet, it will make you proud to be one.
Why I Chose Sarah Blake’s Let’s Not Live On Earth for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club
A look at next month's Poetry Book Club selection. Subscribe today!
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #110: Gabrielle Bell
"We create little rituals to give us some kind of illusion of safety, to keep ourselves sane."
Wanted/Needed/Loved: Andrew Savage’s Punk Possibilities
I kept listening over and over again, and eventually I realized this album was challenging my idea of what punk is.
VISIBLE: Women Writers of Color: Lola StVil
Lola StVil discusses her latest novel, Girls Like Me, how her characters demand to be written, what her family thinks of her writing career, and why representation is essential.
ENOUGH: That, Too, Is an Ordinary Story
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Kamilah Aisha Moon
Kamilah Aisha Moon discusses her new collection, Starshine & Clay, the power of naming, and the connection between creation and trauma.
What We’re Reading in December!
How do you draw an affair? A family? Can a Venn diagram show the ways overlaps turn into absences, tree rings tell us what happens when mothers leave?
The Dangers of the Earth’s Extremes: Jessica Goodfellow’s Whiteout
The poems in Whiteout pull together an array of topics and well-developed craft, making it a complex book emotionally, thematically, and technically.
The Rumpus Mini Interview #109: Anaïs Duplan
"The freedom to have a sovereign identity is so often a trap. It’s impossible."
Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Michael Bazzett
Nothing’s more delicious than licking the salty // fat from your enemies’ bones. Tastes a bit like / chicken.