Next Letter for Kids: Nancy Loewen
We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Nancy Loewen! Last year, Nancy wrote to us about (and sent lots of colorful pictures of!) the beautiful things, odd things, and funny things…
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In Plain Sight: The Vanishing of Ellen Bass
Putting her experiences into a broader context, [Bass] now saw, was essential to “creating openings for readers to enter her poems and for the poems to enter her readers.”
Sound & Vision: Tony Visconti
Legendary producer Tony Visconti talks to Allyson McCabe about working with David Bowie, his own touring musical super-group Holy Holy, and his thoughts on the music industry today.
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: From the Earth to the Stars Part Two
Our understandings of our experiences are sometimes shapeless. Like shadows, they move on.
Next Letter in the Mail: Brandon Hicks
We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from Brandon Hicks! Brandon sends us a very creative, funny, non-traditional letter. He really wants to get to…
(K)ink: Writing While Deviant: Dale Corvino
There’s a connection between the longings of the characters I develop in my fiction and my urge to dominate.
Next Letter for Kids: Pete Hautman
We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from National Book Award-winner Pete Hautman! Pete writes an awesomely illustrated and very funny letter about one of his favorite activites—hunting wild mushrooms in the…
A Rumpus Book Club Subscription Makes a Great Gift
We’re at that point in the holiday shopping season where if you don’t already have a gift for someone, you either have to deal with the other last-minute shoppers in stores,…
Rumpus Original Fiction: People and Oranges and People
Something must remain of me, of course. Someone has to lock the door behind us when we go out.
The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Rick Moody
The Rumpus Book Club chats with Rick Moody about his new book Hotels of North America, unreliable narrators, hotel porn, how titles are uncopyrightable, and Internet comment sections.
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Shane McCrae
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Shane McCrae about his new book The Animal Too Big to Kill, listening to music while writing, addressing God in poetry, and The Oak Ridge Boys.