Lit-Link Round-up
By the time you’re reading this, I’m in Mexico, prepping for this awesome thing. Depending on my internet connection, this could be my last Round-up until after July 16, when…
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Notable Los Angeles: 6/22 – 6/28
Saturday 6/22: The Echo Park Lake has reopened! Buy a book from Stories and spend this sunny afternoon on the grass, reading by the lake. Sunday 6/23: Sumarr Reading Series…
Links I Like
I’ve been housesitting and labeled my week here as a writer’s retreat. I haven’t quite gotten used to the coffee maker, so I put way too much coffee in the…
Striven, the Bright Treatise by Jeffrey Pethybridge
Jody Smiling reviews Jeffrey Pethybridge's Striven, the Bright Treatise today in Rumpus Poetry.
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: The Cynicism of Mark Edmundson, Or Poetry Is Still Not Dead
Mark Edmundson’s take down of contemporary American poetry, “Poetry Slam,” (currently behind the paywall) in this month’s issue of Harper’s, is not so bad really. He’s right about the insularity…
THE LAST BOOK I LOVED: Eleanor & Park
I was born in 1986, the year that this story takes place, but like Eleanor I remember sitting on a boy's carpet and feeling uncomfortable and excited and getting mixtapes and shaking for hours after kissing someone once.
Small Porcelain Head by Allison Benis White
Marcus Myers reviews Allison Benis White's Small Porcelain head today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Jeffrey Pethybridge
Jeffrey Pethybridge discusses his collection, Striven, The Bright Treatise, with The Rumpus Poetry Book Club.
To See the Queen by Allison Seay
Sally Rosen Kindred reviews Allison Seay's To See the Queen today in Rumpus Poetry.
Nick Cave Monday #40: “City of Refuge”
If you commit manslaughter, you better run to the City of Refuge. It’s what the Old Testament tells us to do because under biblical law the family of the victim…
Lit-Link Round-up
Congrats to Sunday Rumpus alum, Tara Ison, on the selection of her novel Rockaway as a “don’t miss” summer read by O, Oprah’s magazine. It’s Father’s Day. Have an open…
Notable Los Angeles: 6/15-6/21
Saturday 6/15: Life Sentences, an afternoon of the epigrammatic, featuring Guy Bennett, Charles Bernstein, Aaron Kunin, Andrew Maxwell, Maggie Nelson, Vanessa Place, Maged Zaher. 1 p.m. at The Poetic Research…