The Rumpus Interview with Leigh Newman
Balancing love and truth probably requires a very rigid, if not anal avoidance of glory and shame, when it comes to the portrayal of the people in the story—be they family members or characters.
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The Last Book of Poems I Loved: Blood Sugar by Nicole Blackman
It’s fitting that Nicole Blackman leads into the poems of Blood Sugar with a quote from the confessional poet W.D. Snodgrass: “I am going to show you something very ugly.…
Nick Cave Monday #42: “We Call Upon the Author”
Many songs by Nick have a way of throwing you down for a good tickling and then, when everything is happy times, he’ll lyrically smack you upside the head. Pay…
Links I Like
And there I was, last night, watching a YouTube livefeed of a state Senate filibuster, something I never thought I would do. -Roxane Gay Let’s start with Roxane Gay’s Let’s…
Odessa by Patricia Kirkpatrick
Jim Zukowski reviews Patricia Kirkpatrick's Odessa today in Rumpus Poetry.
Notable Los Angeles: 6/29-7/5
Saturday 6/29: Machine Project hosts Walking Places with D.J. Waldie, Sesshu Foster, and others. Free. RSVP for meet-up locations. East of Borneo present Summer Issues Cooperative, their newest exhibition that will be up…
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #50: Miranda July on We Think Alone
The multitalented Miranda July has departed from her usual theme of everyday people and enlisted ten celebrities and public figures to divulge emails from their personal inboxes.
Bully Pulpit by Kim Bridgford
Julie Marie Wade reviews Kim Bridgford's Bully Pulpit today in Rumpus Poetry.
Litany for the City by Ryan Teitman
Michelle Salcido reviews Ryan Teitman's Litany for the City today in Rumpus Poetry.
FUNNY WOMEN #103: Gertrude Stein Reviews Beer
If I drank it, would Napoleon, would he drink it if I liked him. Would Napoleon, would the top notes, would the caramel if I told him.
Next Letter in the Mail: Andrea Portes
The next Letter in the Mail, going out Friday, June 14, is from Andrea Portes! Sign up by noon PT tomorrow if you’d like to receive her letter. Andrea is the author…
Nick Cave Monday #41: “Momma’s Boy”
Nick Cave was a singer named Freak Storm in the 1991 film Johnny Suede. Tom DiCillo wrote and directed the film. It was his directorial debut. Before this film he…