The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Jensen Beach
The Rumpus Book Club chats with Jensen Beach about his short story collection Swallowed by the Cold, suburbia in Sweden, quiet racism, and writing a series of connected short stories.
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You’ve Got Mail
Author and illustrator Summer Pierre—whose work has been featured here on The Rumpus—wrote a Letter in the Mail about solo road trips for us back in February, and that letter has…
The Rumpus Interview with Brian Blanchfield
Poet and writer Brian Blanchfield talks about his essay collection Proxies, touring in support of a prose collection versus a poetry collection, and frottage.
(K)ink: Writing While Deviant: Jera Brown
I wanted to uncover the nest of wires comprising my gender identity and describe its complicated mass.
The Rumpus Interview with Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar discusses Singaporean poetry in the last fifty years, Hindu mythology, translation, and his complicated relationship to his heritage.
Io Anthology: Literature, Interviews, and Art from the Seminal Interdisciplinary Journal 1965-1993 Edited by Richard Grossinger and Lindy Hough
Patrick James Dunagan reviews the Io Anthology: Literature, Interviews, and Art from the Seminal Interdisciplinary Journal 1965-1993 today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Halo by C. Dale Young
Jeannine Hall Gailey reviews C. Dale Young's The Halo today in Rumpus Poetry.
Wanted/Needed/Loved: Laura Ballance’s Ghost Stories
There is one story that my mother used to tell me often, which has become in some ways a symbol of my childhood.
Collected Poems 1974-2004 by Rita Dove
Barbara Berman reviews Rita Dove's Collected Poems 1974-2004 today in Rumpus Poetry.
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: The Suit
It was as if he understood that the authentic must begin in the voice. And through the texture of the voice—its moral and psychological claims—sensory details emerge with absolute authority.
Next Letter for Kids: Paul Durham
We’re sending our 6/15 Letter for Kids from Paul Durham! Paul, children’s author and teller of fibs, writes all his books in an abandoned chicken coop. And in his letter, he takes us on a photo tour…