The Last Book of Poems I Loved: Memory by Laura Jensen
Laura Jensen’s Memory begins with the eponymous poem about a falconer, whose falcon flies after its prey and doesn’t return until evening, surprising its master when it lands in the…
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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: Something More Than Style
Earlier this week, while speaking to some younger poets, I became intrigued with their nascent fascination, to the point of headiness, with all things poetically elliptical, non-linear, and disjunctive. I…
Where Poetry Lives: Writing Workshop for Medical Students
PBS continued its Where Poetry Lives series with a feature on Rafael Campos’ writing workshop for medical students.
Lit-Link Round-up
A smart, informative and provocative open letter from Dani Shapiro: “Dear Disillusioned Reader Who Contacted Me on Facebook.” Reading Bingo challenge. Thanks, Seth Fisher–love this on “cisgendered persons.”
The Next Monsters by Julie Doxsee
Kent Shaw reviews Julie Doxsee's The Next Monsters today in Rumpus Poetry.
Autogeography by Reginald Harris
Sean Singer reviews Reginald Harris's Autogeography today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Book Club Interviews Kyle Minor
The Rumpus Book Club interviews Kyle Minor about his forthcoming collection Praying Drunk, religion and spirituality, fundamentalist Christianity, and what it means to be worldly.
Next Letter in the Mail: Liam Golden
The next Letter in the Mail, going out Friday, January 3, is from Liam Golden! Liam has illustrated many Rumpus pieces, and his comic Boco Watches the Sea was featured in a Rumpus…
Mutability: Scripts for Infancy by Andrea Brady
Asheigh Lambert reviews Andrea Brady's Mutability: Scripts for Infancy today in Rumpus Poetry.
FUNNY WOMEN #112: Reasons I Might Be Dead
What does a girl have to do to get a hot guy's attention when he's with another girl shopping for linens at Bed Bath & Beyond around here? Not be dead for 30 years?
Lit-Link Round-up
Brain function boosted for days after reading a novel. Jezebel says teens “loathe Facebook” because of all the old people and pictures of babies. (My daughters concur.) What if Bilbo…