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The Rumpus Book Club Discussion with Poe Ballantine

The Rumpus Book Club chats with Poe Ballantine about Love and Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere, his nonfiction book about the unsolved murder of his neighbor that is as much a memoir about his family and their small town as it is a true-crime story.

Render / An Apocalypse by Rebecca Gayle Howell

Roberto Carlos Garcia reviews Rebecca Gayle Howell's Render: An Apocalypse today in Rumpus Poetry.

Poetry

A Request to the Poetry Foundation

As I hope you already know, lots of writers live in less than ideal economic circumstances. Many are self-employed or under-employed, and even with the PPACA (also known as Obamacare)…

Blogs

Lit-Link Round-up

Narcissists believe themselves more creative than others, and consequently engage in more creative pursuits. A finding in equal parts hilarious and depressing? Faulkner’s “splendid failure.”

The Last Book I Loved: Tradition

Antonia Crane explains why TRADITION by Marci Blackman is the last book she loved.

The Silence of Doorways by Sharon Venezio

Lisa Cheby reviews Sharon Venezio's The Silence of Doorways today in Rumpus Poetry.

The Lonely Voice #26: Brief Thoughts on Alvaro Mutis’s “The Tramp Steamer’s Last Port Of Call”

The Lonely Voice was sorry to hear of the passing of the great Alvaro Mutis who died last month in Mexico City.

Light and Heavy Things: Selected Poems of Zeeshan Sahil

Diego Báez reviews Light and Heavy Things: Selected Poems of Zeeshan Sahil today in Rumpus Poetry.

Self Made Man #23: Serenity Prayer

In this new New York, I’m living inside the Serenity Prayer. I say this at brunch and people laugh but I mean it.

Life Cycle by Dena Rash Guzman

Ryan Werner reviews Dena Rash Guzman's Life Cycle today in Rumpus Poetry.

Poetry

Let’s Read About Sex

The New York Times asked novelists, memoirists, and poets for their thoughts on writing and reading about sex.

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