Electric Synthesis: Drakkar Noir by Michael Chang
Chang’s style imitates internet culture and the patterns of an anxious mind. But there’s also glamour.
Poetry
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Sihle Ntuli
I will tell you about // the vicious slobbering dogs of suburbia
Before the First Book: A Roundtable Discussion
With Gabrielle Bates, I.S. Jones, and Erin Marie Lynch.
Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Kristi Estefania Stout Larios
I know if I open them I will see the ship // the ocean I came from.
Wired for Wordplay: A Conversation with Kelli Russell Agodon
Kelli Russell Agodon discusses her new collection, DIALOGUES WITH RISING TIDES.
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Kayleb Rae Candrilli
Kayleb Rae Candrilli discusses their new poetry collection, WATER I WON’T TOUCH.
Word by Word, Brick by Brick: Christine Larusso’s There Will Be No More Daughters
In other words: Larusso does some remarkably heavy lifting in this book.
Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Cynthia Parker-Ohene
within the skin of restraints i / violate and redden the / hierarchy of/ humanity
The Last Poem I Loved: “The Hell Poem” by Shane McCrae
I’m fascinated that the speaker’s harm disappearing is a function of being in Hell.
Rumpus Original Poetry: “Fragments from a Sudden Crescendo”
Museumed graves / intone a call to prayer / for the living.
Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Alice Liang
The morning rooster rises before us, / the loose bats lie with us after we've gone.
Exorcising Whiteness: Khalisa Rae’s Ghost in a Black Girl’s Throat
Rae presents America as seen through Black girls’ eyes, experienced by our bodies.