Alive: New and Selected Poems by Elizabeth Willis
Patrick James Dunagan reviews Elizabeth Willis's Alive: New and Selected Poems today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Next Letter in the Mail: Camille Dungy
We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from author Camille Dungy! Camille writes to us from The Island of Beautiful Women about discipline, dedication,…
FUNNY WOMEN #131: Writing Prompts for Girls and Women
Write a character who can walk home alone at night while feeling unafraid.
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: Cornerstones of American Poetry
The only way I can put it is, no American poet I have ever met regardless of disposition or poetics has disliked Frank Stanford’s poems.
Next Letter for Kids: Jim Paillot
We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Jim Paillot! Jim writes to us, including drawings, about his cool job creating all kinds of artwork including Scab and his friends for the Secrets…
The Lonely Voice #31: So Long, James Salter
But our bodies and our brains don’t seem designed, ultimately, to cooperate and Salter joins the ranks of the dead where he doesn’t belong.
For Your Safety Please Hold On by Kayla Czaga
Eric Farwell reviews Kayla Czaga's For Your Safety Please Hold On today in Rumpus Poetry.
Make/Work Episode 33: Daniel Baird and Alex Chitty
In episode 33 of The Rumpus’s Make/Work podcast, host Scott Pinkmountain speaks with artists Daniel G. Baird and Alex Chitty.
The Logan Notebooks by Rebecca Lindenberg
Jeff Alessandrelli reviews Rebecca Lindenberg's The Logan Notebooks today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Rigoberto González
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Rigoberto González about his new book Our Lady of the Crossword, cover image censorship, and the BP oil disaster.
SELF-MADE MAN #32: Grief is the Price We Pay for Love
My son, Mom said, even when it must have been so hard for her to rewrite the moment I was born, the one that belonged to her alone.