Next Letter For Kids: Michael Reisman
We’re sending our next Letter For Kids from Michael Reisman! Michael is the author of the Simon Bloom Series, which follows the story of the title character who finds a…
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X Marks the Dress: A Registry by Kristina Marie Darling and Carol Guess
Rebecca Hazelton reviews X Marks the Dress: A Registry by Kristina Marie Darling and Carol Guess today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Book Club Discussion with Poe Ballantine
The Rumpus Book Club chats with Poe Ballantine about Love and Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere, his nonfiction book about the unsolved murder of his neighbor that is as much a memoir about his family and their small town as it is a true-crime story.
Render / An Apocalypse by Rebecca Gayle Howell
Roberto Carlos Garcia reviews Rebecca Gayle Howell's Render: An Apocalypse today in Rumpus Poetry.
A Request to the Poetry Foundation
As I hope you already know, lots of writers live in less than ideal economic circumstances. Many are self-employed or under-employed, and even with the PPACA (also known as Obamacare)…
Lit-Link Round-up
Narcissists believe themselves more creative than others, and consequently engage in more creative pursuits. A finding in equal parts hilarious and depressing? Faulkner’s “splendid failure.”
The Last Book I Loved: Tradition
Antonia Crane explains why TRADITION by Marci Blackman is the last book she loved.
The Silence of Doorways by Sharon Venezio
Lisa Cheby reviews Sharon Venezio's The Silence of Doorways today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Lonely Voice #26: Brief Thoughts on Alvaro Mutis’s “The Tramp Steamer’s Last Port Of Call”
The Lonely Voice was sorry to hear of the passing of the great Alvaro Mutis who died last month in Mexico City.
Light and Heavy Things: Selected Poems of Zeeshan Sahil
Diego Báez reviews Light and Heavy Things: Selected Poems of Zeeshan Sahil today in Rumpus Poetry.
Self Made Man #23: Serenity Prayer
In this new New York, I’m living inside the Serenity Prayer. I say this at brunch and people laugh but I mean it.
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: Poetry Shutdown Begins – Poets and Critics Fail to Agree
A flurry of last-minute phone calls, philippics, tweets, and Facebook posts by poets and critics late last night failed to break a bitter standoff over the latest poetry-is-dead attacks, setting…