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Reimagining Place in the Pandemic
This collection suggests again and again that poets and poetry are conjoined with such places—found on a map and indelibly mapped to the psyche.
Not Defined by Grief: A Conversation with Julie Marie Wade
Julie Marie Wade discusses her newest poetry collection, SKIRTED.
Inner Conversations Projected on a Surface: Bruno K. Öijer’s The Trilogy
A family’s grief traps generations in a search for insight.
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Thomas Farber
“As a writer, to describe even perils can be a form of hope.”
Rumpus Original Fiction: Hatch
What did it matter? It was June and the salmonfly hatch had begun.
Arriving at the Mystery: A Conversation with Oliver de la Paz
Poet Oliver de la Paz discusses art-making, hybrid forms, and his work.
ENOUGH: The Color of the Cast
A Rumpus series of work by women, trans, and nonbinary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
Voices on Addiction: System Failure
“Was it vodka?” Mama said. Her voice had cracks in it. Why ask? She knew.
The Revolutions of a Sonnet: frank: sonnets by Diane Seuss
The richly historied form of the sonnet is a powerhouse for holding the past.
Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Julie Phillips Brown
I keep my distance. / I know it is a place for animals.