Blogs
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The Rose of January by Geoffrey Nutter
Kent Shaw reviews Geoffrey Nutter’s The Rose of January today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Nick Cave Monday #43: “Stranger Than Kindness”
Anita Lane was one of Nick’s early lovers. When Nick Cave and The Birthday Party left Australia for London, Anita was right by his side. She’s credited for co-writing other songs by The Birthday Party as well as “From Her…
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Links I Like
I described my body in terms of my illness. My body was only chronic muscle and joint pain. It was 10-plus pain and exhausted. This was when I was bedridden, desperate and my mind was telling me, This is it.…
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i will never be beautiful enough to make us beautiful together by Mira Gonzalez
Emily Bludworth de Barrios reviews mira gonzales’s i will never be beautiful enough to make us beautiful together today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Notable Los Angeles 7/6-7/12
Saturday 7/6: Two-Headed Beast, a story telling show hosted by Jake Weisman and Dave Ross. 8 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe. Sunday 7/7: Sumarr Reading Series presents Sumarr III. Featuring readings and performances from Kirsty Singer, Chris Muniz, Vanessa…
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the body | of space | in the shape of the human by Andrew Allport
David Peak reviews Andrew Allport’s the body | of space | in the shape of the human today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Rumpus Interview with Terry Tempest Williams
In fifty-four sections, Terry Tempest Williams not only tries to gain a greater understanding of her mother, she explores her faith, her marriage, her role as a woman in the world, and much more.
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The Last Poem I Loved: “Ganymede,” by Michael D. Snediker
Sometimes, it’s easy to think of the poem as a conversation one might have in a bar. And sometimes, to follow the metaphor through, the poem is a surprising conversation, at once sweet and sexy and utterly—thank god—smart. So when…
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The Opposite of Work by Hugh Behm-Steinberg
Charles Kruger reviews Hugh Behm-Steinberg’s The Opposite of Work today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Swinging Modern Sounds #46: The Distribution Problem, Part Two
Dave Allen is a formidable commentator these days on all things Internet, a sort of web 2.0 version of Marshall McLuhan: less New Age than Jaron Lanier, less Palo-Alto-Research-Center than Bill Joyce, less corporate than Mark Zuckerberg.
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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. One day it may save your life.” The chief construct…