Blogs
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The Sunday Rumpus Review: The Man Who Walked Away by Maud Casey
In her new novel, The Man Who Walked Away, Maud Casey examines the history of psychology: both its inception and the powerful draw for doctors trying to uncover the causes of man’s mental illness during the early days of the…
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The Last Book I Loved: The Haunting of Hill House
I began the novel late one gray-skyed evening, under one of those warm spring rains that make everything a little greener, a little more earthy. Not unlike the first night the guests spend in the Hill House.
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Second Childhood by Fanny Howe
Cynthia Cruz reviews Fanny Howe’s Second Childhood today in Rumpus Poetry.
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the meatgirl whatever by Kristin Hatch
Colette Speer reviews Kristin Hatch’s the meatgirl whatever today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Swinging Modern Sounds #50: The Big 5-0!
While it’s possible to find a lot to worry about in the world of contemporary music, there’s always something new to listen to as well, post-historical, outlying, pre- or anti- or minimally digital music. And so maybe there will be…
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Next Letter for Kids: Rachel Searles
We’re sending our next Letter For Kids from author Rachel Searles! Rachel writes her letter from the woods, where she’s working on the next book in her Lost Planet series. She talks about the languages she’s spoken in her life, from the…
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Next Letter in the Mail: Stephen Elliott
We’re getting ready to send out the next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from Rumpus founder Stephen Elliott! Having just returned to Brooklyn from L.A. where he finished work on his new movie, Happy Baby, Stephen writes a personal and rambling…
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Nothing More to Lose by Najwan Darwish
Eric Dean Wilson reviews Najwan Darwish’s Nothing More to Lose today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Last Book I Loved: Maggie Nelson’s Bluets
15. Bluets becomes a space for desire (thwarted), for mystery, for obscurity and unattainability. To explore the space where these intersect in Nelson is the project of the book.
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The Sunday Rumpus Review: A Different Bed Every Time by Jac Jemc
The prose of some books keeps you at arm’s length. Resists the idea of transparency or security. Dares you to look deeper to find meaning. The sentences in Jac Jemc’s collection, A Different Bed Every Time, require untangling. Sentences like,…
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The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show: Katie Peterson
In the third episode of The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show, Dave Roderick chats with Katie Peterson about her latest collection, The Accounts, being a middle child, ars poetica, and made-up games.
