The Next Letter for Kids: Kristen Kittscher
The next Letter for Kids, going out tomorrow, is from Kristen Kittscher! Kristen is the author of The Wig in the Window and The Tiara on the Terrace, the first two books in…
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The Last Book of Poems I Loved: Looking for The Gulf Motel by Richard Blanco
Sara Habein on the last book of poems she loved, Richard Blanco's Looking for the Gulf Motel.
Nick Cave Monday #35: “The Lyre of Orpheus”
Happy Mother’s Day. And a big hug to Dawn Cave, the mother who gave us the King of The Bad Seeds. Thank you, Dawn, and thank you, Calliope. Calli-a-who? Calliope…
Lit-Link Round-up
Today we have an interview with Emily Rapp. Here, too, for Mother’s Day, is Emily’s “This Mother’s Day, I Am No Longer a Mother.” Congrats to one of the most…
Links I Like
Years ago, after I graduated from UC Santa Cruz, I couldn’t write because my editor voice seemed to be in overdrive. I would start a sentence and somehow end up…
Notable Los Angeles: 5/11-5/17
Saturday 5/11: Lit Fest Pasadena 2.0 is on! Enjoy a full day of readings, panels, performances and signings from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Pasadena’s Central Park. Also in Pasadena,…
What Others Are Saying About What We’re Reading: A Book Clubs Update
Rumpus Book Club and Poetry Book Club members have one great advantage over readers everywhere else: you get to read new work before anyone else (except some reviewers) gets to.…
Easy Math by Lauren Shapiro
Weston Cutter reviews Lauren Shapiro's Easy Math today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #48: Sara Finnerty in Conversation with Her Grandmother, Elena Iocco
My grandparents, Luigi and Elena, were married on February 14th, 1947, in Italy, where there is no such thing as Valentines Day.
The Next Letter in the Mail: Alexis Smith
The next Letter in the Mail, going out May 15, is from Alexis Smith! Alexis is the author of the novel Glaciers and a graduate of Goddard College’s MFA program in creative writing.…
Collected Poems by Joseph Ceravolo
Barbara Berman reviews Joseph Ceravolo's Collected Poems today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Interview with Denise Duhamel
Poet Denise Duhamel talks about form, inspiration sparked by pole-dancing dolls and movies, and the art of constructing prose poems to fit on Venetian blinds.