This Week in Books: The True Book of Animal Homes
Welcome to This Week in Books, where we highlight books just released by small and independent presses. Books have always been a symbol for and means a of spreading knowledge and…
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Next Letter in the Mail: Alana Massey
We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail from Alana Massey! Alana sends us a list of action items with which we can do what we please, but she’d really love to…
Sunday Rumpus Poetry: Three Poems by Amy Strauss Friedman
I thought that hearts were meant to function as uteri, / to grow linings that bleed clotty when life won’t adhere, / to stall like rusty engines in barren winters, / unprepared for the seasonal shift.
Next Letter for Kids: Sarah Prineas
We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Sarah Prineas! Sarah writes to us about creating maps, and runes, and her collection of dragons! To make sure this letter reaches your…
Said Not Said by Fred Marchant
We have met the enemy on a raft of our own dead, and the enemy is us. Is it any wonder so many poets and others engaged with the arts are also devoted to exploring science?
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #74: Alexandra Naughton
Alexandra Naughton is a writer who grew up in Philadelphia but converted to a California girl in 2008. She runs BE ABOUT IT, a small press and reading series and is…
Rumpus Original Fiction: Summer of Families
“What do you think about this,” he said, measured and cool. “What if we offer a service where people can pay to be in our family, but only for a few hours.”
the consequences of my body by Maged Zaher
“I am grateful/ For the poetics of walking the streets.” And we are grateful to be walking with Zaher through the country of this book.
Swinging Modern Sounds #78: Conceived as a Playlist
Shadowbahn [...] is among the most unusual, and most extreme, in a literary career that has often been marked by its unpredictability.
This Week in Books: Field Theories
Welcome to This Week in Books, where we highlight books just released by small and independent presses. Books have always been a symbol for and means of spreading knowledge and…
TORCH: Growing Season
I ask Hussein if he’s proud of the work he’s doing. He says that he is. We stop talking. For a moment, the market feels like peace.
Sunday Mornings at the Caffe Mediterraneum by Wendy Sloan
Jenna Le reviews Sunday Mornings at the Caffe Mediterraneum by Wendy Sloan today in Rumpus Poetry.