Blogs
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The Last Book I Loved: Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague
Based on the true story of an English midland town in the year 1666 that quarantined itself to sweat out the bubonic plague, Geraldine Brooks’ Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague reminds me of the private school campus…
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National Poetry Month Day 13: “15 Minutes” by Eileen Myles
Welcome to The Rumpus’s National Poetry Month project. We’ll be running a new poem from a different poet each day for the month of April. 15 minutes the beaming sun sun out there
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What We Hunger For
I am always interested in the representations of strength in women, where that strength comes from, how it is called upon when it is needed most, and what it costs for a woman to be strong.
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The Last Book I Loved: The Last American Man
It’s easy to write off one author based on a best-seller. Call it jealousy, call it high-end literary disdain, call it whatever you want, but it’s easy to give in to the impulse to distrust something once it’s become popular.…
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National Poetry Month Day 12: “Semi-Aubade” by Elisa Gabbert
Welcome to The Rumpus’s National Poetry Month project. We’ll be running a new poem from a different poet each day for the month of April. Semi-Aubade When I wake in the morning, my mind is black.
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Envy Never Sleeps
As if to heed Hecate’s rebuke, to show the dire glory of her art, Szporluk’s poems speak with a voice unhinged by an unyielding despair. Teeming with submerged violence and opaque anger, they swirl, futile, in the face of our…
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National Poetry Month Day 11: “On Style” by Ruben Quesada
Welcome to The Rumpus’s National Poetry Month project. We’ll be running a new poem from a different poet each day for the month of April. On Style Henri Matisse died of a heart attack staring at the open-mouthed windows facing…
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National Poetry Month Day 10: “The Strangers” by Jennifer Chang
Welcome to The Rumpus’s National Poetry Month project. We’ll be running a new poem from a different poet each day for the month of April. The Strangers 1 Mostly, I hope. 2 In the industry of specifics, I list my…
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SELF-MADE MAN #6: Observer Bias
I am in a good mood when I meet a woman with a severe, sophisticated haircut for a business lunch on a sunny patio in Back Bay. She asks about this column, about my manuscript. It seems that some people…
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National Poetry Month Day 9: “I May Have Made Something Up” by Jennifer Perrine
Welcome to The Rumpus’s National Poetry Month project. We’ll be running a new poem from a different poet each day for the month of April. I May Have Made Something Up They’re put in a pot, a way of praying.…
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National Poetry Month Day 8: “Ghosts Keep Us Moving, Stella Said, Think About a Field At Night, How You’re Always” by Christian Anton Gerard
Welcome to The Rumpus’s National Poetry Month project. We’ll be running a new poem from a different poet each day for the month of April. Ghost Keep Us Moving, Stella Said, Think About a Field at Night, How You’re Aways…
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Lit-Link Round-up
So last week I talked about the very cool Chiasmus Media looking for a new co-honcho. This week, The Sun is looking for a Managing Editor. And this gig, no joke, actually pays! Continuing the coverage of Men Undressed contributors…