Read Interviews Through the Y2K Looking Glass: A Conversation with Kristen Felicetti Eleanor C. WhitneyDecember 11, 2024 I think as a reader, you can make the mental connection between the internet then and now and how much things have changed.Read
Read Interviews A Productive Tension Between Grief and Beauty: A Conversation with Emily Jungmin Yoon Mercedes O’LearyDecember 9, 2024 I think as a poet overall, I’ve come to really picture specific people when I write, regardless of what the poem is about.Read
Read Interviews My Therapist Prescribed Me Dedicated Poetry Practice: A Conversation with Delilah McCrea Carl LavigneDecember 4, 2024 Being trans demands, for me, that I deconstruct that constructed world, and that opens up to a more magical one.Read
Read Interviews A Good Question is a Risk: A Conversation with Emmalea Russo Valerie StiversDecember 2, 2024 Art doesn’t have an obligation to comfort, affirm, make us feel fuzzy. The question is, how do we respond and react?Read
Read The First Book The First Book: Holiday Gift Guide The RumpusNovember 29, 2024 This holiday season, give a gift of a debut authored book!Read
Read Interviews Books as Compasses for a Meaningful Life: Interview with Glory Edim Cleyvis NateraNovember 27, 2024 It’s important to provide perspective—that life is long and complicated, filled with moments of joy, triumph, and everything in between. Read
Read Interviews “I Think Everything Can Be Funny”: A Conversation with Youngmi Mayer Deborah CopperudNovember 25, 2024 Word economy is, basically, the skill that you have to really hone to become a successful stand-up comedian.Read
Read Interviews The First Book The First Book: Del Sandeen Del SandeenNovember 20, 2024 I’m writing to the reader who loves characters as much as plot, and who understands that horror encompasses much more than just things that go bump in the night.Read
Read Interviews The Truth About Phantom Characters: A Conversation with Cal Louise Phoenix Barrett BowlinNovember 20, 2024 ... if my people can survive, I can too. Resiliency and survivalism are in my bones.Read
Read Interviews It Seemed Important for Me to Figure It Out: An Interview with Ruben Quesada Gabrielle Grace HoganNovember 18, 2024 I wanted to address all the things that I was witness to or that may have informed my understanding of loss.Read
Read Interviews Mythology, Etymology, and the Hard Work of Living: A Conversation with torrin a. greathouse Caitlin CoeyNovember 13, 2024 I don’t believe one can be a good poet while being uncritical of the English languageRead
Read Interviews Making It Weird: A Conversation with Laura van den Berg Nate BrownNovember 11, 2024 What would my life have been like if I never discovered fiction, never discovered storytelling, never learned to tell my own story?Read