Painful Celebrations: Five Books for National Poetry Month
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Navigating by the Right Stars: A Conversation with Briallen Hopper
Briallen Hopper discusses her debut collection, HARD TO LOVE: ESSAYS AND CONFESSIONS.
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #170: Richard Blanco
“I guess you could say that engineering paved the road to poetry for me, pardon the pun.”
Both Nostalgia and Dream: Talking with Sadie Dupuis
Sadie Dupuis discusses her debut collection, MOUTHGUARD.
Gutting the Sonnet: A Conversation with Jericho Brown
Jericho Brown discusses his third collection, THE TRADITION.
What to Read When the Wealth Gap Continues to Widen
Nina Revoyr shares a reading list to celebrate her newest novel, A STUDENT OF HISTORY.
Eliminated to Illuminated: Tarfia Faizullah’s Registers of Illuminated Villages
Faizullah drills language for meaning.
The Pains of the Past: A Conversation with Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde
Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde discusses her second novel, WHAT WE OWE.
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #169: Saskia Vogel
“Understanding that you can have what you desire can be healing and transformative.”
Writing That Hurts: On Mark Doty’s Still Life with Oysters and Lemon
Was I ready to read this book, now? After all this time?
A Certain Way of Singing: Talking with Dorthe Nors
Dorthe Nors discusses her newest novel, MIRROR, SHOULDER, SIGNAL.