The Rumpus Interview with Danez Smith
Poet Danez Smith discusses advocacy, translating spoken poetry for the page, and his new collection [Insert] Boy.
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Red Flower, White Flower by Jennifer Tseng
Aaminah Shakur reviews Jennifer Tseng's Red Flower, White Flower today in Rumpus Poetry.
Wallless Space by Ernst Meister (Translated by Graham Foust and Samuel Frederick)
Rebecca Wadlinger reviews Ernst Meister's Wallless Space today in Rumpus Poetry.
Guilty Knowledge, Guilty Pleasure: The Dirty Art of Poetry by William Logan
Zach Savich reviews William Logan's Guilty Knowledge, Guilty Pleasure: The Dirty Art of Poetrytoday in Rumpus Poetry.
The Books of A Midsummer Night’s Press
Julie Marie Wade explores the amazing work done by A Midsummer Night's Press.
Entwined: Three Lyric Sequences by Carol Frost
Caitlin Neely reviews Carol Frost's Entwined: Three Lyric Sequences today in Rumpus Poetry.
Sound & Vision: Shannon Conley
Hard-rocking artist Shannon Conley talks to Allyson McCabe about the exceptional more-than-a-tribute band Lez Zeppelin, her unconventional upbringing by Hindu Baptists, and her role as Yitzhak in Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
FUNNY WOMEN #125: My Almost Valentine
Also, when I said I don’t like Mexican food, I only meant that I dislike the way it tastes in my mouth and the way I feel after consuming it.
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: Why Jihadists Love Postmodern Poetry
David Biespiel's Poetry Wire returns with a powerful take on fascism and violence and postmodernism.
Next Letter in the Mail: John Fischer
We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from Brooklyn-based writer John Fischer. John writes to us about family while at a Cleveland clinic where his…
Next Letter for Kids: Cecil Castellucci
Our next Letter for Kids comes from author and Letters for Kids Correspondence Coordinator Cecil Castellucci! Cecil wants to know what your favorite books are, and what favorite authors you’d like…
Swinging Modern Sounds #62: Stillness as Metaphor
I am after a music that renders life as it is, and which invites in the intermittent pulsations of life.