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.”
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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…
Special Powers and Abilities by Raymond McDaniel
Jeannine Hall Gailey reviews Raymond McDaniel's Special Powers and Abilities today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Big Smoke by Adrian Matejka
Weston Cutter reviews Adrian Matejka's The Big Smoke today in Rumpus Poetry.
Make/Work Episode 3: Katie Bachler
In Episode 3 of Make/Work, host Scott Pinkmountain talks with artist/educator Katie Bachler. Bachler is based in Southern California and her work is centered on our connections to place and to each other. She recently…
Two-Headed Nightingale by Shara Lessley
Ryan Teitman reviews Shara Lessley's Two-Headed Nightingale today in Rumpus Poetry.