Blogs
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Lit-Link Round-Up
The Airship Advent Calendar: author trivia daily. Guy Intoci of Dzanc Books acquires Patrick O’Neil’s memoir, already out in France–congrats on both ends. Powerful essay,”Air Hunger,” by Angela Giles Patel, over at Sunday Rumpus pal Jennifer Pastiloff’s The Manifest-Station. I…
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The Gorgeous Nothings by Emily Dickinson
Camden Avery reviews Emily Dickinson’s The Gorgeous Nothings today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Make/Work: A New Rumpus Podcast
We’re excited to announce Make/Work, a new Rumpus podcast hosted by Scott Pinkmountain.
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Becoming a Poetry Genius
Howard Ramsey II discusses what becoming a Poetry Genius entails and how that process relates to the digital humanities in an essay on Poetry Genius, a sister site of Rap Genius.
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The Mining Camps of the Mouth by George Kalamaras
David Peak reviews George Kalamaras’s The Mining Camps of the Mouth today in Rumpus Poetry.
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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: A New Poetry Emerges from Iran
If war is a defeat for poetry, what is diplomacy? Like poetry, diplomacy involves craft and discretion, finesse and poise, skill and subtlety. It requires canniness, deliberation, presence of mind, and shrewdness, as well as providence and wisdom. I’ve been…
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Swinging Modern Sounds #52: Chris Abrahams Riffs
There are not so many great bands anymore, not like there once were. But there’s still Australian experimental jazz trio the Necks.
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Lit-Link Round-up
Here it is: the NYTimes 100 Notable Books. The Times Literary Supplement includes Rick Whitaker’s An Honest Ghost, published by Seattle indie Jaded Ibis, among their Best Ofs. And an eclectic, timeless list from BookRiot. Famous authors on whether the symbolism…
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Barbara Berman’s 2nd Annual Holiday Book Column
I love it when well known people agree with me, especially when they time it to go with a piece I am working on. Super-agent Andrew Wylie did just that, taking on Amazon in an interview in The New Republic…
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A Brighter Word than Bright: Keats at Work By Dan Beachy-Quick
Patrick James Dunagan reviews Dan Beachy-Quick’s A Brighter Word than Bright: Keats at Work today in Rumpus Poetry.
