Blogs
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A Glossary of Chickens by Gary Whitehead
Barbara Berman reviews Gary Whitehead’s A Glossary of Chickens today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Swinging Modern Sounds #47: A Further Miscellany
This column collects a bunch of albums (and, in one case, a book by a writer/musician) that I have loved a great deal in the last six months, as well as exactly one album that I think is not worth…
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Nick Cave Monday #50: “As I Sat Sadly By Her Side”
Earth is a bleak planet and the majority of humanity is selfish, each following the compulsion of their id. All you need to do is look out the window to be disgusted at the theater of the human race. Yet,…
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Lit-Link Round-up
LitReactor names Other People as one of its 5 favorite podcasts. James Salter interviewed. Sean Beaudoin on Elmore Leonard. The Cost of Living by Rob Roberge called “one of the most gripping novels about the rock and roll lifestyle I have…
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Links I Like
I’m back in Los Angeles! Yesterday I got coffee with Jim Gavin and Homer, the basset hound he’s pet sitting. Unlike me, Jim doesn’t usually pet sit. He usually writes and teaches and if you’ve been reading this column, you…
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Notable Los Angeles: 8/24-8/30
Saturday 8/24: Join HOT DISH at the home of host Summer Block Kumar for a backyard BBQ with readers: Rumpus Letters for Kids editor Cecil Castellucci, Andrew Choate, Heather Havrilesky, Summer Block Kumar, Michal Lemberger, and Ruth McKee. 6:30 p.m.…
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Rapture by Carol Ann Duffy
Ellen MIller-mack reviews Carol Ann Duffy’s Rapture today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Anna Journey
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Anna Journey about tooth fairies, fistulated cows, and her collection of poems Vulgar Remedies.
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The Cineaste by A. Van Jordan
Sean Singer reviews A. Van Jordan’s The Cineaste today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Nick Cave Monday #49: “Fears of Gun”
Heartbreak drives a man to drink. Especially when he’s in love and his lady has booted him out of the house. And he drinks and he drinks, until days later, when the hangover kicks in. Then he waits, because only…
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Lit-Link Round-up
PEN 2013 Literary Winners announced. Did I link this kick-ass piece last week? I’ve been sending it to every memoirist I know and people are really responding to it. FC2’s Sukenick and Doctorow prizes open their doors to submissions.
