The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with T. R. Hummer
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with T. R. Hummer about his poetry collection Ephemeron.
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #114
THE GAS PEDAL ★★★★★ (3 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing the gas pedal.
O Circular Philosopher
The field is integral, too, to Dan Beachy-Quick’s Circle’s Apprentice—the field of vision, field of the empty page and of the populated page, field of self/ body/maker, absence of field.…
The Love Does Not Stop…
“Each of the Popper men is to a large degree confounded by love. The women they desire, invariably plucky and self-possessed, have to work to stave off being swallowed whole…
You Weren’t Born By Yourself
In Touch, Cole once again breaks into new territories of form, subject, and voice, channeling pleasure and pain into a collection of poems that triumphs in the face of their…
December’s Rumpus Book Club Selection
The Rumpus Book Club is proudly presenting Treasure Island!!!, Sara Levine’s debut novel as our December pick. “The story of a ferocious obsession,” Treasure Island!!! chronicles a college graduate’s fateful…
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #113
JIFFY BRAND PEANUT BUTTER ★★★★★ (5 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Jiffy brand peanut butter.
Toward a More Complete Measure of Excellence
The measure of excellence is a pursuit with which writers and critics are often intensely concerned. At the end of each year any number of magazines and organizations issue a…
All At Once Is What Eternity Is: Musings on Kenneth Patchen
Because the world is a clock without numbers, none of this is going to be enough to mean what I mean. But I want to say something like: We need Kenneth…
Artificial is the Only Way to Fly
For anyone interested in the book-length poem or the potential issues that arise from combining science and capitalism, The Odicy is well-worth the time.