Blogs
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Okay, Okay by Diana Hamilton
Jeff Alessandreli reviews Diana Hamilton’s Okay, Okay today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Self-Made Man #22: Second Person
I guess that’s what the dream wants: for me to know that the worst kind of man, the man I was scared of becoming, doesn’t frighten me any more.
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The Next Letter for Kids: Emily Jenkins
The next Letter for Kids, going out May 31, is from Emily Jenkins! Emily is the author of several books for children, from picture books to novels, including the award-winning Toys Go Out and its two sequels. She also writes young-adult novels…
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Begging For It by Alex Dimitrov
Gina Vaynshteyn reviews Alex Dimitrov’s Begging For It today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Next Letter in the Mail: Lidia Yuknavitch
This week’s Letter in the Mail is from our beloved Lidia Yuknavitch! If you want to receive her letter, please subscribe by noon PST today! Lidia is a longtime Rumpus contributor and interviewee (for a taste of both, see her interview with Dear Sugar).…
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Nick Cave Monday #37: “The Singer”
What does it all mean? Does it even matter that we are all Bad Seeders in this existence? Is the journey worth it? When we suck our last breath and the only good we end up doing for planet Earth…
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Lit-Link Round-up
So all Pam Houston’s slots were taken in Other Voices Queretaro, but two have suddenly opened up. Want to study with Pam in Mexico this July 5-14? Rob Roberge and Josip Novakovich are teaching too. Check it out! Amazing yoga-lit…
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Links I Like
The private movie screening took place on the fifth floor of a building on Beverly Boulevard. When I took the elevator up, a man who worked in the office said, The hookers and blow are ready. No one laughed. Just…
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Notable Los Angeles: 5/25-5/31
Saturday 5/25: Celebrate the release of Cecil Castellucci’s Odd Duck! She will read and sign this beautiful book illustrated by Sara Varon. 3 p.m. at Skylight Books. Poets & Writers sponsors the California Writer’s Exchange contest, and this year’s winners Xochitl-Julisa…
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My Funeral Gondola by Fiona Sze-Lorrain
Stephanie Papa reviews Fiona Sze-Lorrain’s My Funeral Gondola today in Rumpus Poetry.
