Nothing to Declare by Henri Cole
Jessie Carty reviews Henri Cole's Nothing to Declare today in Rumpus Poetry.
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How to Be Drawn by Terrance Hayes
Trevor Ketner reviews Terrance Hayes's How to Be Drawn today in Rumpus Poetry.
Chaucer’s Tale: 1386 and the Road to Canterbury by Paul Strohm
Barbara Berman reviews Paul Strohm's Chaucer's Tale: 1386 and the Road to Canterbury today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Interview with Marge Piercy
Dara Barnat talks with Marge Piercy about growing up in Detroit, making a kind of Judaism through poetry, and living close to the natural world.
Dispatch from the Carnival #4: Taking in the Sword
What is this body if you take its power over you away? In the torture arts, you are both the creator and recipient of your pain.
Letters for Kids Signed Book Giveaway
We’re doing another Letters for Kids giveaway! Win a beautiful hardcover edition of Breaking the Ice, signed by the author Gail Nall. (Gail also wrote our next Letter for Kids.) For…
FUNNY WOMEN #129: Consumer Reviews
My baby girl calls this her “fun cage” and since we installed it, she giggles more. And so do I. This gate has made me a happier and more sexually-satisfied person.
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: Midnight in the Century
...today’s poetry apologists for the Iraq war just keep repeating their intelligence error odes. Wouldn’t it be better, however, if they would address the horror of the failed effort in Iraq?
The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Julie Iromuanya
The Rumpus Book Club chats with Julie Iromuanya about her new book Mr. and Mrs. Doctor, writing an unlikeable main character, and worrying about your parents reading your finished book.
One Thousand Things Worth Knowing by Paul Muldoon
Ann Van Buren reviews Paul Muldoon's One Thousand Things Worth Knowing today in Rumpus Poetry.
Next Letter in the Mail: Ben Dolnick
We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from Ben Dolnick! Ben writes a very funny letter about the “strangeness of traveling alone” while his plane is delayed…
Next Letter for Kids: Gail Nall
We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Gail Nall! Gail writes about her childhood pen pals and about one of her most embarrassing moments. She says she’s not good at drawing, but has…