Exceptional Pain and Power: Lima :: Limón by Natalie Scenters-Zapico
See how visceral? Before I opened this book, I felt I was already inside it.
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On Beloveds, Birds, and the Expansiveness of Space: Talking with Paige Lewis
Paige Lewis discusses their debut collection of poetry, SPACE STRUCK.
Rumpus Original Poetry: Four Poems by Elizabeth Robinson
A story consists in how long the creature can hold it all in, the lung of the thing.
Scientific, Healing Magic: How to Know the Flowers by Jessica Smith
A poem by Jessica Smith yields the feeling that atoms of meaning vibrate, then come together.
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #203: Molly Spencer
“I would say the primary role of speech in these poems is to attempt something. To try.”
Lesbian Poetry’s Vatic Voices: The Specter of Ecocatastrophe
Change happens. It is dramatic. Poetry transformed lesbian lives.
Rumpus Original Poetry: Seven Visual Poems by Sarah J. Sloat
She spoke for ages one afternoon / about / kneeling.
Both Past and Present: A Conversation with Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
Poet Marcelo Hernandez Castillo discusses his debut memoir, CHILDREN OF THE LAND.
Why I Chose Eric Tran’s The Gutter Spread Guide to Prayer for The Rumpus Poetry Book Club
What we’re reading in our Poetry Book Club next month!
Both Reckoning and Embrace: Dorianne Laux’s Only As The Day Is Long
As the book continues, [Laux] traces a growing understanding of loss.
A Time and a Place: Talking with Faylita Hicks
Faylita Hicks discusses her debut poetry collection, HOODWITCH.