Features & Reviews
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The Rumpus Interview with Maria Konnikova
Writer Maria Konnikova explores the mechanisms behind how a sharp mind works, through an investigation of one of literature’s premier duos—Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick, Watson.
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Collected Poems by Joseph Ceravolo
Barbara Berman reviews Joseph Ceravolo’s Collected Poems today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Rumpus Interview with Denise Duhamel
Poet Denise Duhamel talks about form, inspiration sparked by pole-dancing dolls and movies, and the art of constructing prose poems to fit on Venetian blinds.
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“Possibility: Essays Against Despair,” by Patricia Vigderman
I like Patricia Vigderman because she likes jickjacking. She describes in “A Writer’s Harvest”, an earlier piece in Possibility: Essays Against Despair, how the sight of that slangy word, in two distinct (but linked) stories—one by Mary Karr, the other…
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Kings of the F**king Sea by Dan Boehl
Jason Storms reviews Dan Boehl’s Kings of the F**king Sea today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Attention, Attention
Within the crowd is a bald-headed, bearded man. He carries a sketchpad that, if he were sitting cross-legged, would be big enough to cover his knees. He is not a reporter. “The funeral is over, but the corpse is still…
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“An Elegy for Mathematics,” by Anne Valente
An Elegy for Mathematics, Anne Valente’s first full-length release, is a wonderful little book. Checking in at fewer than fifty pages, it’s a quick but deeply layered and poignant collection of material, most of which was previously published online. (She…
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The Rumpus Interview with Luis Negrón
Puerto Rican writer, journalist, editor, and queer activist Luis Negrón talks about his first collection to appear in English, working with translator Suzanne Jill Levine, and writing about people who live on the margins of the margins.
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The Rumpus Interview with Miracle Jones
Miracle Jones discusses all of his various endeavors and how he envisions the future of digital publishing.
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“A Constellation of Vital Phenomena,” by Anthony Marra
Some novels defy gravity, spanning years and crossing ruined landscapes and entire solar systems of characters while still maintaining an ethereal, almost impossible lightness. Anthony Marra’s debut novel is one of them, and it does indeed call to mind an…
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The Sunday Rumpus Review: Kino by Jürgen Fauth
On the year anniversary of its publication, Anna March contemplates the impact Jürgen Fauth’s Kino made on her.
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The Collected Poems by Marcel Proust
Joe Winkler reviews the Collected Poems of Marcel Proust today in Rumpus Poetry.