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Nick Cave Monday #48: “Red Right Hand”
When the bell chimes a man emerges from the shadows. Or it’s a ghost who wants to haunt your soul. Or it’s a guru to give you enlightenment for your…
Lit-Link Round-up
Both The Rumpus and The Nervous Breakdown make Flavorwire’s 25 Best Sites for Literature Lovers. I’m kind of beside myself with glee. Apply for a Word Riot travel grant! Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels…
Links I Like
Remember when your Rumpus Sunday Editor Gina published fiction? She published Tom Kealy’s Nobody and Allison Amend’s The Stench. Stephen Elliott explained, “We don’t publish fiction on The Rumpus. But…
Notable Los Angeles: 8/10-8/16
Saturday 8/10: Rob Sheffield presents and signs Turn Around Bright Eyes: The Rituals of Love and Karaoke. 5 p.m. at Book Soup. Julie Doxsee and Andrew Wessels read original poems.…
The Most Natural Thing by David Keplinger
Stephanie Papa reviews David Keplinger's The Most Natural Thing today in Rumpus Poetry.
Why I Chose Brenda Hillman’s Seasonal Works With Letters on Fire for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club
I know I’m not supposed to dog-ear the pages of poetry books. It’s bad for the long-term health of the book. I know this. And yet, I’ve dog-eared more pages…
Next Letter in the Mail: Brian Spears!
The next Letter in the Mail, going out Thursday, August 15, is from none other than Brian Spears! Brian is a mainstay at The Rumpus. He’s our poetry editor and he…
Joie de Vivre: Selected Poems 1992–2012 by Lisa Jarnot
Patrick James Dunagan reviews Lisa Jarnot's Joie de Vivre: Selected Poems 1992-2012 today in Rumpus Poetry.
Belmont by Stephen Burt
Kristina Marie Darling reviews Stephen Burt's Belmont today in Rumpus Poetry.
FUNNY WOMEN #105: Reflections of the Boyfriend of a Manic Pixie Dream Girl
I don’t even know her. But I do. I want to marry her and sleep by her side forever.
An August Rumpus Book Clubs Update
There’s still plenty of time to join in on the conversation on our August book club selections, Poe Ballantine’s Love and Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere and Brenda…