Self-Made Man #26: Wild
The wild don’t build fences; we let the worms and ivy and rats and love in.
Blogs
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Dog Songs: Thirty-Five Dog Songs and One Essay by Mary Oliver
Damon Ferrell Marbut reviews Mary Oliver's Dog Songs today in Rumpus Poetry.
Straight Razor by Randall Mann
D. Gilson reviews Randall Mann's Straight Razor today in Rumpus Poetry.
Blitzkrieg by John Gosslee
Christopher Linforth reviews John Gosslee's Blitzkrieg today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Book Club Interviews Hilton Als
The Rumpus Book Club chats with Hilton Als about his new collection White Girls, an intriguing amalgam of fiction, essay, and memoir.
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.
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.