The Memory of a Coin
Alliterative poems dually titled with different years provide each of the book’s two parts with bones to an otherwise fleshless narrative. Placed upon the page like fossils for an extinct…
Rumpus Originals
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The Rumpus Interview with Jillian Lauren
Jillian Lauren’s first book, Some Girls: My Life in a Harem, tells her true story of living in a harem in Brunei. She is most recently the author of Pretty,…
Silhouettes
I never thought I’d shoot a gun. But here I was, standing at the glass counter, looking down at an array of gleaming pistols laid out like deadly jewelry.
In Defense of Translation
Professor and translator, David Bellos celebrates the enlightening task of translation in his new book, Is That a Fish in Your Ear? Translation and the Meaning of Everything.
The Rumpus Interview with Dylan Landis
Dylan Landis, a longtime newspaper and magazine journalist, is the author of Normal People Don’t Live Like This,
Why I Chose T. R. Hummer’s Ephemeron for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club
Rumpus Poetry Club Board Member Brian Spears on why he chose T. R. Hummer’s Ephemeron as the November selection of The Rumpus Poetry Book Club:
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #110
THE COMPUTER AT THE JAMAICA PLAIN LIBRARY ★★★★★ (3 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing the computer…
Did You Hear about Bradley?
Hal Niedzviecki’s new collection, Look Down, This is Where it Must Have Happened, asks us what is essential to narrative.
WHERE I WRITE #18: Where I Draw
Artist Jason Novak puts his own spin on our “Where I Write” series. Enjoy:
The Lobby: An Interview with Andrew, Part II
Andrew came to visit me at the lobby on a Tuesday, one of his nights off. It was a slow evening at the motel. By the time he arrived, all…