David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: Pretending to Pretend
Just as a body, like water, retains no constant shape, so in memory there are no constant conditions.
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Reconnaissance by Carl Phillips
Alana Folsom reviews Carl Phillips's Reconnaissance today in Rumpus Poetry.
Honest Engine by Kyle Dargan
Lauren Swearingen-Steadwell reviews Kyle Dargan's Honest Engine today in Rumpus Poetry.
Make/Work Episode 36: Abeer Hoque
In Episode 36 of The Rumpus’s Make/Work podcast, Scott Pinkmountain speaks with author and photographer Abeer Hoque about her long journey to publication, and her obsession with memory and nostalgia.
Eat Your Peas
Having some novelist (or poet or playwright) assert an individual consciousness—in and of itself— is a profoundly threatening act if you’re a dictator.
(K)ink: Writing While Deviant: Michael Broder
If I am a sub poet, is poetry as a genre my dom? Is the particular poem I’m working on my dom?
impossible bottle by Claudia Emerson
Ellen F. Brown reviews Claudia Emerson's impossible bottle today in Rumpus Poetry.
Rumpus Original Fiction: Like Mike
All the same, I’m as much a slave to necessity as anyone here. Fear and desire rule the heart. The paycheck has me leashed and basically obedient.
The Father of the Arrow is the Thought by Christopher Deweese
Julie Marie Wade reviews Christopher DeWeese's The Father of the Arrow is the Thought today in Rumpus Poetry.
Next Letter in the Mail: Gabriel Urza
We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from Gabriel Urza! Gabriel writes us a very funny letter about the changes and emotions a pregnancy…
Four-Legged Girl by Diane Seuss
Ellen Miller-Mack reviews Diane Seuss's Four-Legged Girl today in Rumpus Poetry.