David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: Not That Town
Times like those lead you to believe that writing is, before it’s anything else, about simply getting it straight.
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Next Letter in the Mail: Zoe Zolbrod
We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from our own Sunday Rumpus Co-Editor, Zoe Zolbrod! Zoe writes her letter about another letter she must write…
The Rumpus Interview with Robyn Schiff
Robyn Schiff talks about her collection A Woman of Property, the long con of “owning” land, her passion for early novels, how motherhood changed her poetry, and the generative powers of form.
The Hydromantic Histories by Fox Frazier-Foley
Jennifer MacBain-Stephens reviews Fox Frazier-Foley's The Hydromantic Histories today in Rumpus Poetry.
Wanted/Needed/Loved: Benji Hughes’s Pareidolia
Love is irrational and it’s supernatural. It’s also probably what we want/need most.
The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Mark Leyner
Mark Leyner on his new book Gone with the Mind, pressuring the novel form, being a purist Dionysian, and artisanal pap smears.
Multitudinous Heart: Selected Poems by Carlos Drummond de Andrade
Molly Spencer reviews Richard Zenith's translation of Carlos Drummond de Andrade's Multitudinous Heart: Selected Poems today in Rumpus Poetry.
Men Explain Submissions To Me
Perhaps he thought he was doing me a favor by explaining this to me so I might not get into further trouble. I’m afraid I have continued to get myself into trouble instead.
The Last Book I Loved: The Loss of All Lost Things
I recognize something in the stories... It’s the culture of “I made it” versus the culture of staying behind, the culture of achievement versus the culture of guilt.
forget me / hit me / let me drink great quantities of clear, evil liquor by Katie Schmid
Ryan Werner reviews Katie Schmid's forget me / hit me / let me drink great quantities of clear, evil liquor today in Rumpus Poetry.
Set the Garden on Fire by Chen Chen
Linda Ashok reviews Chen Chen's Set the Garden on Fire today in Rumpus Poetry.