Blogs
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Little Stranger by Lisa Olstein
Eric Smith reviews Lisa Olstein’s Little Stranger today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Nick Cave Monday #52: The Bad Seeds
In our last installment of Nick Cave Monday, it is time to pay tribute to the music mafia who are The Bad Seeds. As you would expect, The Bad Seeds are kind of a supergroup unto themselves. Though not in…
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Lit-Link Round-up
The launch of Not Your Eyes, an online and print fiction and nonfiction publishing house. To hair or not to hair? In this age of proudly organic and hemp products, Millicent Borges Accardi wonders why women still pursue shaving and waxing…
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Unexplained Fevers by Jeannine Hall Gailey
Sarah Sarai reviews Jeannine Hall Gailey’s Unexplained Fevers today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Moon’s Jaw by Rauan Klassnik
Carleen Tibbetts reviews Rauan Klassnik’s The Moon’s Jaw today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Inside of an Apple by Joshua Beckman
Diego Báez reviews Joshua Beckman’s The Inside of an Apple today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Gregory Orr
Every month The Rumpus Poetry Book Club hosts a discussion online with the club members and the author, and we post an edited version online as an interview. To learn how you can become a member of The Rumpus Poetry…
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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: Death of the Natural
I mean, his [Heaney’s] verse is under my skin. His verbs are inside my veins. His metaphors are in my nervous system. His moral clarity is a light inside my own, shall we say, republic of conscience.
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Nick Cave Monday #51: “Your Funeral, My Trial”
I loved you babe, but I had to kill you. Nick once said that he kills people in his songs so he doesn’t have to kill them in real life.
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Lit-Link Round-up
Have you heard about The Weekly Rumpus yet? Shelf Unbound‘s competition for the best indie published book. 17 personal essays that will change your life. 96 year old man wins a song contest by writing about his dead wife. Brian…
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The Year of What Now by Brian Russell
Marisa Siegel reviews Brian Russell’s The Year of What Now today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Seamus Heaney: 1939 – 2013
I was saddened to read the news on my Facebook page this morning (because that’s how we get most of our news these days, from shared stories on social media) of Seamus Heaney’s death at the age of 74. Many…