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Swinging Modern Sounds #53: The Distribution Problem, Part Three

I thought, in my ongoing attempt to describe how digital music is changing the way we consume music, that it would be good to speak to a representative young person about her music listening habits.

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The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show: Matthew Zapruder

In the second episode of The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show, Dave Roderick sits down with Matthew Zapruder for a chat about his latest collection, Sun Bear, his dual role as poet and musician, and close encounters with Grace Paley.

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National Poetry Month Day 30: “Jubilate Patro” by Brian Spears

Jubilate Patro – Brian Spears *** Author’s note: I wrote this poem about five years ago when my relationship with my father was strained. My father died earlier this year,…

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Woman Without Umbrella by Victoria Redel

Brachah Goykadosh reviews Victoria Redel's Woman Without Umbrella today in Rumpus Poetry.

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Dispatch from the Carnival #3: Bloodlust

What does not occur to me at the moment of this bloodlust, will not until much later, is that I am actively seeking the violence. I want to witness the worst.

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The Last Poem I Loved: Richard Siken’s “Scheherazade”

Tell me, Richard, that I, too, will never get used to this.

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National Poetry Month Day 29: “City of Eternal Spring” by Afaa M. Weaver

City of Eternal Spring My mind rises up as the silos of interchanges, streams, passages of myself in floating layers so nothing can connect, and I dream emptiness on ships…

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National Poetry Month Day 28: from “Bombyonder” by Reb Livingston

from Bombyonder Without an imaginary world, without a proper backpack, without my little pink orb, without an old tablet’s commandments, without a hair dryer, empty hands, empty birdcage obscured by…

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National Poetry Month Day 27: “Prodigal Electrons Return to Shine” by Matthew Zapruder

Prodigal Electrons Return to Shine is the name of the movie she wants to see, the first the daughter of a famous director whose plots to her always seemed designed…

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Roxane Gay and Leslie Jamison Get Personal About Essays

Rumpus essays editor and author of the forthcoming essay collection Bad Feminist Roxane Gay sat down to talk with The Empathy Exams author Leslie Jamison and Michele Filgate; the three women had an insightful…

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National Poetry Month Day 26: “Everything Twice” by Rae Gouirand

Everything Twice Pinkened quince with potatoes, cold for breakfast. Stones by the door I’ve pocketed the last year. Too bright today to see the road. One blue for the sky,…

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