Blogs
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National Poetry Month Day 4: “We Who Bite the Hand” by Jonterri Gadson
We Who Bite the Hand The asses that sit on grocery store eggs praying they will hatch belong to the hands that sever worms and snap beetle’s backs just so we can build a bug hospital with the same fingers that pick…
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Pepper Girl by Jonterri Gadson
Joelle Biele reviews Jonterri Gadson’s Pepper Girl today in Rumpus Poetry.
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National Poetry Month Day 3: “this is me” by Adam McGovern
this is me PATH train ride, boy and girl inked, unmarked legs braided at one knee a bud from the same split phone cord speaking in each other’s ear and girl and girl pierced, unharmed platform combat boots and microskirts…
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National Poetry Month Day 2: “Aubade” by Ruben Quesada
Every year, for National Poetry Month, the Rumpus presents a poem-a-day for the month of April. Today’s poem is “Aubade” by Ruben Quesada.
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Barbara Berman’s Chapbook Roundup
Barbara Berman reviews chapbooks by Cornelius Eady, Susan Lewis and Dean Rader today in Rumpus Poetry.
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FUNNY WOMEN #114: M.A.S.H for Adults
Since you already live in a shack, scratch out “S.” It would be nice to move on to bigger, or at least better, things. But also scratch out “M” — you’re an adult now, and it’s time to adjust your…
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National Poetry Month Day 1: “To Sell Sweetie” by Barbara Jane Reyes
Every year, for National Poetry Month, the Rumpus presents a poem-a-day for the month of April. Today’s poem is “To Sell Sweetie” by Barbara Jane Reyes.
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Beside Myself by Ashley Farmer
There are many reasons that an author would want to put a book–an actual physical object–into a reader’s hands, rather than just communicating data. Some books rebuff the notion that fiction is the same when it’s replicated digitally, downloaded, or…
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Welcome to Book Reviews Sunday!
This Sunday, we’re pleased to offer four new book reviews, including our Sunday Feature, a more in-depth analysis of the United States’ immigration policies on cross cultural American families. Happy reading!
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Without a Claim by Grace Schulman
Anna Ziering reviews Grace Schulman’s Without a Claim today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Make/Work Episode 9: Jon Bernson and Jennifer Welch
Every creative laborer has a story about negotiating the relationship between their creative work and their paycheck.
