Prodigal, New and Selected Poems: 1976-2014 by Linda Gregerson
Ann van Buren reviews Linda Gregerson's Prodigal, New and Selected Poems: 1976-2014 today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Wanted/Needed/Loved: Mark and Frances Quinlan’s Favorite Things
What I want/need/love most is to be with my family.
(K)ink: Writing While Deviant: Erica Mena
Poems and rope that make me plumb my depths and stretch my limits of my poetic language: that's the worthwhile project.
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: Be Wise, Drink the Wine
Be it Latin or poetry, or whatever it was—I was feeling woozy by then. If I couldn’t love what I was reading, I took it, it was better to have never read at all.
We Who Saw Everything by Whit Griffin
Patrick James Dunagan reviews Whit Griffin's We Who Saw Everything today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Paul Lisicky
The Rumpus Book Club talks with Paul Lisicky about his new book The Narrow Door>/em>, how much of your story you own, and the importance of reading your own work aloud.
Next Letter in the Mail: Rahul Kanakia
We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from Rahul Kanakia! Rahul writes to us about being in love. He shares how he met his love, how things progressed,…
The Amazing Disappearing Woman Writer
To refuse to disappear at mid-life—I am forty-two as of the writing of this essay—is perhaps the best rebellion a woman poet can make to the literary world and to the world at large.
Next Letter for Kids: Matthew Baker
We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Matthew Baker! Matthew shares three amazing, true stories about music, math, and buried treasure. He even shares a poem that is a big hint…
Swinging Modern Sounds #69: Meaning Yes
When in need of comfort, it’s always worth trying close reading.
Rumpus Original Fiction: The Ghosts of St. Louis
If I was a ghost, I wouldn’t want nothing to do with the world that killed me.