Next Letter for Kids: Rachele Alpine
We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Rachele Alpine, author of Operation Pucker Up! Rachele writes us a very colorfully illustrated letter about “accidental mischief”. She gives lots of funny examples of…
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Make/Work Episode 34: Joy Castro
In Episode 34 of The Rumpus’s Make/Work podcast, host Scott Pinkmountain speaks to Joy Castro about her unorthodox writing process, the course of her career, and the distinctions between literary and commercial fiction.
The Last Book I Loved: Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932
What makes a person who they are? Is evil born or made?
The Last Two Seconds by Mary Jo Bang
Anna Ziering reviews Mary Jo Bang's The Last Two Seconds today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Juliana Spahr
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Juliana Spahr about her new book That Winter the Wolf Came, the oil industry, and writing about "difficult" topics.
Excerpts From a Secret Prophecy by Joanna Klink
Rae Gouirand reviews Joanna Klink's Excerpts from a Secret Prophecy today in Rumpus Poetry.
Where Are the Trees Going? by Vénus Khoury-Ghata
Wendy Willis reviews Marilyn Hacker's translation of Vénus Khoury-Ghata's Where Are the Trees Going?" today in Rumpus Poetry.
Wanted/Needed/Loved: Mary Timony’s Exquisite Corpses
The stuff I’ve saved over the years aren’t just mementos of the past. They’re also reflections of the memories my friends and I have made together.
This World by Teddy Macker
Laura Haynes Collector reviews Teddy Macker's This World today in Rumpus Poetry.
A Long Engagement
The image that comes to my mind is a foot hovering above a stair. Marriage is the fabled next step, but engagement implies a kind of limbo, an almost-not-quite-there yet—the zero that comes before the one.
Garments Against Women by Anne Boyer
Chris Stroffolino reviews Anne Boyer's Garments Against Women today in Rumpus Poetry.