The Rumpus Interview with Chris Abani
Chris Abani sits down to talk about the dangers and seduction of fiction, literature as transformation, growing up in Nigeria, and how "our every justification is a story."
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Equivalents by Jessica Baran
Sara Habein reviews Jessica Baran's Equivalents today in Rumpus Poetry.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Last summer I found a small box stashed away in my apartment, a box filled with enough Vicoden to kill me. I would have sworn that I’d thrown them away…
The Cloud That Contained the Lightning by Cynthia Lowen
Michael Klein reviews Cynthia Lowen's The Cloud That Contained the Lightning today in Rumpus Poetry.
Belle Cora and the San Francisco Powder Keg
A new historical novel shows that the Bay Area is no stranger to class warfare and vigilante justice.
Practice on Mountains by David Bartone
Erin Miller reviews David Bartone's Practice on Mountains today in Rumpus Poetry.
Make/Work Episode 5: Emily Chenoweth and Jon Raymond
Episode 5 of Make/Work is the first of a sub-series where host Scott Pinkmountain interviews couples in which both partners are artists, addressing some of the unique issues that may arise in those relationships.
Brushes With by Kristina Marie Darling
Jeff Alessandrelli reviews Kristina Marie Darling's Brushes With today in Rumpus Poetry.
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: The State of American Poetry Address
Poets, Poetesses, and Unacknowledged Legislators of Mankind: I address you at a moment unprecedented in the history of Poetry. I use the word “unprecedented,” because at no previous time has…
Lit-Link Round-up
Steve Almond asks whether it’s immoral to watch the Super Bowl. Best headline ever: ghost ship of cannibal rats about to crash into the Devon coast! The Online Avengers: The…
Beyond the Chainlink by Rusty Morrison
Dan Shewan reviews Rusty Morrison's Beyond the Chainlink today in Rumpus Poetry.