Lit-Link Round-up
Emily Rapp on living a happy life, in the “wrong” order. Laura Bogart on humanity amidst the apocalypse. Michele Filgate on literary self-loathing and gender.
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The Sunday Rumpus Review: Interrobang by Jessica Piazza
In the first sonnet of the sonnet sequence “People Like Us,” the speaker says, “By day I play nonstop if/then, internally pluck a love me, love me not lament…” This…
Darkness Sticks to Everything: Collected and New Poems by Tom Hennen
Tova Gannana reviews Tom Hennen's Darkness Sticks to Everything: Collected and New Poems today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Year of the Rooster by Noah Eli Gordon
Julie Marie Wade reviews Noah Eli Gordon's The Year of the Rooster today in Rumpus Poetry.
Write-a-House
An organization in Detroit announced a new writer’s residency, Write-a-House, where “the writer is simply given the house, forever.”
Make/Work Episode 2: Julien Nitzberg
Make/Work is a new Rumpus podcast hosted by Scott Pinkmountain. In Episode 2, Scott talks with writer/director/documentarian Julien Nitzberg. Nitzberg is most well-known for the documentary, The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia, and…
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Randall Mann
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Randall Mann about his new book Straight Razor, Fleet Week, Hart Crane, and Naked Poetry.
Pink Reef by Robert Fernandez
Kent Shaw reviews Robert Fernandez's Pink Reef today in Rumpus Poetry.
Lit-Link Round-up
Julie Greicius’ 14 Places to Talk to a Stranger About Books, on BuzzFeed. Laura van den Berg’s The Isle of Youth reviewed at Bookslut. Have you been following the controversy over…
Lines of Defense by Stephen Dunn
Damon Marbut reviews Stephen Dunn's Lines of Defense today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Collected Poems of W. S. Merwin
Patrick James Dunagan reviews The Collected Poems of W. S. Merwin today in Rumpus Poetry.
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: 10 Things Successful Poets Do
Over on Lifehack, there’s one of those smarmy little lists to help you better yourself called 10 Things Positive People Don’t Do. Enjoy. Reading it got me thinking. What are 10 things…