Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Michael Mlekoday
Where am I going? Is all this talk / of God and grandmothers / merely escape?
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The Dead Speak to the Living: Talking with Francisco Aragón
Francisco Aragón discusses his new book, AFTER RUBÉN.
Gospel That Kicks Up the Dust: Neck of the Woods by Amy Woolard
Tenderness lies between the sharp and the sweet.
Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Alison C. Rollins
I am a woman. Undone, / A woman is a man.
Others Would Tell Me Nothing Is Mine: Talking with Barbara Jane Reyes
Barbara Jane Reyes discusses her new collection, LETTERS TO A YOUNG BROWN GIRL.
Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Anna Meister
Wade with me through this gunk / because you have before.
Why We Chose Molly Spencer’s Hinge for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club
What we’re reading in our Poetry Book Club next month!
Building and Building: Talking with Patricia Spears Jones
Patricia Spears Jones discusses her body of work, the future of poetry, and more.
A Deeper Narrative: Tongo Eisen-Martin’s Heaven Is All Goodbyes
These are not poems to read quickly, but to return to repeatedly.
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Benjamin Garcia
Benjamin Garcia discusses his debut poetry collection, THROWN IN THE THROAT.
What Could Be: All Its Charms by Keetje Kuipers
The decision to have a child is fraught at the best of times.
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #229: Joshua Harmon
“Technology is our most common landscape, no?”