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Next Letter for Kids: Michael Hearst (Plus, a Giveaway!)

Released today, Michael Hearst’s Curious Constructions will bring you face-to-face with fifty incredible structures, including: a fire-breathing octopus sculpture; the skateboard ramp you’d need to jump the Great Wall of China; a whole community…

National Poetry Month Day 24: Bianca Lynne Spriggs

Every year, The Rumpus celebrates National Poetry Month by running new poems from poets we admire. We feature a different poet each day, and aim to illustrate the variety in voices and styles of poetry being written today.

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Next Letter in the Mail: Mensah Demary

Our next Letter in the Mail comes from Mensah Demary! Mensah writes about not surrendering hope, but instead clinging to it to remain sane in these anxiety-filled times. “There is no…

National Poetry Month Day 23: Ruben Quesada

Every year, The Rumpus celebrates National Poetry Month by running new poems from poets we admire. We feature a different poet each day, and aim to illustrate the variety in voices and styles of poetry being written today.

National Poetry Month Day 22: Randall Mann

Every year, The Rumpus celebrates National Poetry Month by running new poems from poets we admire. We feature a different poet each day, and aim to illustrate the variety in voices and styles of poetry being written today.

Saturday Rumpus Poetry: A Poem-Review of Milk Black Carbon and Whereas

And in the silence of the night the small sound of small feet making their way into words.

National Poetry Month Day 21: José Olivarez

Every year, The Rumpus celebrates National Poetry Month by running new poems from poets we admire. We feature a different poet each day, and aim to illustrate the variety in voices and styles of poetry being written today.

The Teenage Girl in All of Us: Last Sext by Melissa Broder

Last Sext captures a youthful, hard, myth-informed, sleep deprived, aroused, spiritually searching, self-loathing worldview embraced by many of the young women in our lives.

The Unbearable Whiteness of Being: Claudia Cortese Discusses Wasp Queen

Poet Claudia Cortese talks about her new book Wasp Queen and Lucy, the rebellious 90s teen whose voice inspired the collection.

National Poetry Month Day 20: Lois Red Elk

Every year, The Rumpus celebrates National Poetry Month by running new poems from poets we admire. We feature a different poet each day, and aim to illustrate the variety in voices and styles of poetry being written today.

The Rumpus Mini-Interview #80: Jon Raymond

Jon Raymond is one of Portland’s finest wordsmiths. His writing spans TV, film, short story, novel, art criticism, and a hefty array of magazine work. His new novel, Freebird, is…

(K)ink: Writing While Deviant: Claire Rudy Foster

It is about the essential parts of story. The bones. The steel rods and rings. The skin that goes white with tension. Tolerating that kind of discomfort takes practice, yes, but it is exhilarating.

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