The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #73: Maggie Shipstead
I first met Maggie Shipstead in 2011 when she was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. She had not yet published her first novel, Seating Arrangements, which would later become…
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The Last Book I Loved: Poeta en San Francisco by Barbara Jane Reyes
Through incisive and uncompromising verse, Reyes unearths the hypocrisy at work in exalted American democracy...
Sound & Vision: Leah Hayes
Allyson McCabe talks with Leah Hayes, acclaimed illustrator, graphic novelist, songwriter, and musician.
Next Letter in the Mail: Melissa Febos
We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail from Melissa Febos! Melissa writes a beautiful, insightful letter to us about the self-indulgence of guilt, what lovers take from…
Next Letter for Kids: Cynthia Levinson
We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Cynthia Levinson! Cynthia writes about her wishes and dreams to live somewhere else, and how today she lives in two very different…
Round Lake by Grace Bonner
Edward Derby reviews Round Lake by Grace Bonner today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Interview with Eileen Myles
Eileen Myles on recording her new poetry record Aloha/irish trees, the relationship between poetry and comedy, and finding safety in social media.
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #72: Laurie Sheck
Laurie Sheck is the author, most recently, of Island of the Mad, and A Monster’s Notes, a re-imagining of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. A Pulitzer Prize finalist in poetry for The…
The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Damian Duffy and John Jennings
Damian Duffy and John Jennings discuss their new graphic novel adaptation of Octavia Butler's classic novel Kindred.
VISIBLE: Women Writers of Color: Abeer Hoque
Abeer Hoque talks about coming of age in the predominantly white suburbs of Pittsburgh, rewriting her memoir manuscript ten times, and looking for poetry in prose.
(K)ink: Writing While Deviant: E. A. Longfellow
The way I think about my writing is similar to the way I think about my kink—both have to do with history and the ethics around appropriation.
This Week in Books: American Purgatory
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…