The Conversation: Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib and Paul Tran
The sitting down to write, convincing myself that my voice matters, even though there are so many telling me that it doesn’t.
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The Conversation: Desiree Bailey and Sean DesVignes
For me, intersectionality is a reality that I can’t escape.
Fish Gotta Swim by Larry Kearney
Patrick James Dunagan reviews Larry Kearney's Fish Gotta Swim today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Conversation: Prologue
Dear Reader, For the past year, we, Aziza Barnes and Nabila Lovelace, The Founders of The Conversation, debated how we could create space for folk we love, whose work is critical, in…
At Night by Lisa Ciccarello
Kent Shaw reviews Lisa Ciccarello's At Night today in Rumpus Poetry.
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: Not That Town
Times like those lead you to believe that writing is, before it’s anything else, about simply getting it straight.
The Rumpus Interview with Robyn Schiff
Robyn Schiff talks about her collection A Woman of Property, the long con of “owning” land, her passion for early novels, how motherhood changed her poetry, and the generative powers of form.
The Hydromantic Histories by Fox Frazier-Foley
Jennifer MacBain-Stephens reviews Fox Frazier-Foley's The Hydromantic Histories today in Rumpus Poetry.
Multitudinous Heart: Selected Poems by Carlos Drummond de Andrade
Molly Spencer reviews Richard Zenith's translation of Carlos Drummond de Andrade's Multitudinous Heart: Selected Poems today in Rumpus Poetry.
Men Explain Submissions To Me
Perhaps he thought he was doing me a favor by explaining this to me so I might not get into further trouble. I’m afraid I have continued to get myself into trouble instead.
forget me / hit me / let me drink great quantities of clear, evil liquor by Katie Schmid
Ryan Werner reviews Katie Schmid's forget me / hit me / let me drink great quantities of clear, evil liquor today in Rumpus Poetry.