National Poetry Month Day 25: “Rogue Benediction” by Wendy C. Ortiz
Rogue Benediction And we entered the Valley of the Rogue. And we slowed to a crawl. The night’s envelope sealed us in. After several hours, cars deep on the interstate,…
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Sound & Vision: Tony Mangurian
In this second installment, Allyson McCabe sits down with Tony Mangurian, a gifted and versatile engineer, producer, composer, and musician who's worked with everyone from Willie Nelson to U2, Luscious Jackson to Devendra Banhart.
The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Leslie Jamison
The Rumpus Book Club chats with Leslie Jamison about The Empathy Exams, vulnerability, creating hybrid nonfiction, and the benefits of working with an indie press like Graywolf.
National Poetry Month Day 24: “After Aftermath” by Cate Marvin
After Aftermath Orphaned boys plus my mean calculations. Orphan boys plus desire equals their long bodies. How they sucked summer-long water off a garden hose from beside the trailers. Their…
Make/Work Episode 11: Aaron Siegel
In Episode 11 of Make/Work, host Scott Pinkmountain talks with composer/percussionist Aaron Siegel.
National Poetry Month Day 23: “Embers of Smoldering Homes” by Sean Singer
Embers of Smoldering Homes It is a major war from a manufacturing plant near Ciudad Juárez, a concrete dust smell from the maquiladoras cools. There is a pool of liquid…
Large White House Speaking by Mark Irwin
Alexis Orgera reviews Mark Irwin's Large White House Speaking today in Rumpus Poetry.
FUNNY WOMEN #115: Craigslist Formal Encounters
Gentleman randy for high culture interested in encounter at the opera with discreet female. Let us sit in the dark together and partake in a sexy live show. Arias and outcalls only.
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: The Poet’s Journey Chapter 2
Every time you write a poem, you're learning to become a poet once again. Your writing imitates not the banal sequence from life to death, but instead imitates a descent into and out of a new womb of clarity.
National Poetry Month Day 22: “The Great Loves of Our Lives” by Julie Enszer
The Great Loves of Our Lives Begin with the body desire manifests itself in the body: the flutter of the heart the nervous shake of a hand the dilation of…
National Poetry Month Day 21: “War With Computers” by Jill McDonough
War with Computers “We don’t make war with computers.” —Captain Kirk in Star Trek, “A Taste of Armageddon,” 1966 Now we hover at 5000 feet. It’s not a fair fight,…