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…
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…
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 Rumpus Book Club interviews Kyle Minor about his forthcoming collection Praying Drunk, religion and spirituality, fundamentalist Christianity, and what it means to be worldly.
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…