Blogs
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Timothy Donnelly
“…(at least in most cases) the writing of a poem is initiated by the articulation of a relatively vague idea or impulse, and the implications that emanate from that articulation in tandem with its sonic properties will guide the next…
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National Poetry Month Day 12: “Dear Empire” by Oliver de la Paz
Dear Empire, These are your murders. I’m not one to speak of atonement, given my sins are expressly for you. Given night’s easy wound and your own scar. Given the smell of old papers, the broken figurine you’ve placed on…
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #82
CENTIPEDES ★★★★★ (2 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing centipedes.
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National Poetry Month Day 11: “Sonnet to Ash Wednesday” by Noelle Kocot
Noelle Kocot’s The Bigger World was the Rumpus Poetry Book Club’s selection for the month of February. You can read Gabrielle Calvocoressi’s essay on why she chose the book here and you can read the Poetry Book Club’s chat with…
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THE LONELY VOICE #10: Two Boys Fighting, Omaha Nebraska
Two boys are fighting. Neither is especially interested in beating the other up but once these things start, sometimes you’ve got no choice but to go ahead with it.
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National Poetry Month Day 10: “Universal Translator” by Amy Letter
Universal Translator Universal Translator from Amy Letter on Vimeo. Science fiction stories set in an alien-rich future like to show the universe’s different species communicating seamlessly by means of (what in the Star Trek universe is called) a “Universal Translator.”
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National Poetry Month Day 9: “Letter to the Winding-Sheet” by Camille Rankine
Letter to the Winding-Sheet After the snowfall, snowfall jewels my hair, my church shoes muddy the bedspread. Crazy, you called me, not much of a lady.
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Larissa Speak: The Last Book I Loved, The Still Point
Have you ever played at being an Arctic explorer? Looked at the icy expanse of your backyard as if it was the desolate plain of a frozen tundra? Come to the exciting realization that you and your best friend have…
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National Poetry Month Day 8: “I Am Six” by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s Lucky Fish was the Rumpus Poetry Book Club selection for December 2010. You can read Camille Dungy’s essay on why she chose Lucky Fish here, and you can read the Poetry Book Club’s chat with her here I…
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Joseph Harrington
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club interviews Joseph Harrington about his recent collection Things Come On.
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The Rumpus Book Club Interviews Lidia Yuknavitch
The Rumpus Book Club talks with Lidia Yuknavitch about her new memoir, The Chronology of Water, her sexual life,
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #38: Alana Noël Voth in Conversation with Her Best Friend, Judy Salamon
I’ve known Judy Salamon two years. We work together, and she’s one of the main reasons I enjoy my job. Judy tells the best stories. She’s also a kind and accepting person. After meeting her the first time my son…