The Rumpus Review of [insert] boy by Danez Smith
In this sense, the book is a “coming-of-age” story and “spiritual quest” as much as a seething commentary on the catastrophe effected by the disease of contemporary racism and white supremacy.
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The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Jonathan Travelstead
I try to...consider the writing process as seriously as I do entering a house with black smoke puffing from its eaves.
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Excerpts From a Secret Prophecy by Joanna Klink
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A Long Engagement
The image that comes to my mind is a foot hovering above a stair. Marriage is the fabled next step, but engagement implies a kind of limbo, an almost-not-quite-there yet—the zero that comes before the one.
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Tony Hoagland discusses his latest collection, Application for Release from the Dream, the value of poetry, why he doesn't fear becoming overconfident, and the definition of American spirituality.
Shirt in Heaven by Jean Valentine
Ann van Buren reviews Jean Valentine's Shirt in Heaven today in Rumpus Poetry.
Shipbreaking by Robin Beth Schaer
Julie Marie Wade reviews Robin Beth Schaer's Shipbreaking today in Rumpus Poetry.