The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Jaimee Wriston Colbert
Life’s inequities can be cruel, but in the end we are all part of our communities; suffering though we may be, we are not alone.
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A Map of the Farm Three Miles from the End of Happy Hollow Road by Amorak Huey
Donna Vorreyer reviews A Map of the Farm Three Miles from the End of Happy Hollow Road by Amorak Huey today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Interview with Stacy Szymaszek
Poet Stacy Szymaszek discusses her most recent collection, Journal of Ugly Sites & Other Journals, the "notebook genre," and claiming a city—ugly sites and all.
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #63: Patrick Madden
Patrick Madden teaches writing at Brigham Young University and is the author of the essay collection Quotidiana. His essays frequently appear in literary magazines and have been featured in The Best…
The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Iben Mondrup and Kerri Pierce
Iben Mondrup and Kerri Pierce discuss the translation of Justine, Mondrup's 2012 Danish novel about a young artist in Denmark.
American Ulysses by Ronald C. White
Damien Ober reviews American Ulysses by Ronald C. White today in Rumpus Books.
Of Poetry and Protest and Monticello In Mind
Barbara Berman reviews Of Poetry and Protest: From Emmitt Till to Trayvon Martin and Monticello In Mind: Fifty Contemporary Poems on Jefferson today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Interview with Vanessa Hua
Vanessa Hua discusses her debut collection, Deceit and Other Possibilities, writing fiction in order to understand life as an American-born child of immigrants, and the importance of literary community.
The Fortunes by Peter Ho Davies and Writing to Save a Life by John Edgar Wideman
Suzanne Enzerink reviews The Fortunes by Peter Ho Davies and Writing to Save a Life by John Edgar Wideman today in Rumpus Books.
Is It My Story or Yours?
Our family stories mutate with every retelling across the generations like a game of telephone, until the thin, sharp line of fact becomes frayed and hazy.
This Week in Books: Licorice Candies
Welcome to This Week in Books, where we highlight books just released by small and independent presses. Books have always been a symbol for and means of spreading knowledge and…
I’ll Tell You in Person by Chloe Caldwell
Ryan Werner reviews I'll Tell You in Person by Chloe Caldwell today in Rumpus Books.