The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Kevin Simmonds
Kevin Simmonds discusses his new collection, THE MONSTER I AM TODAY.
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Join NOW!Kevin Simmonds discusses his new collection, THE MONSTER I AM TODAY.
...moreA week before our reception, three days married, I beckon Peter to come listen to the song I’ve chosen for our first dance.
...moreI wasn’t pressured to be stoic. I was permitted to release. I was permitted to be.
...moreFor me, performance is a conversation with the sacred and timeless, the sublime.
...moreYou just have to sink into the music and let it wash over you.
...moreThe clash of opinions about music is music itself.
...more“The fact is we’re all living part of one long song.”
...moreSarah Smarsh discusses her new book, SHE COME BY IT NATURAL.
...moreEven though I’ve only had my 12-string for two years, this is my favorite guitar.
...moreMy parents told me, “This is a special one for the queen.”
...moreI’m not writing confessionals; I’m trying to write hooks.
...moreLiteracy, you know firsthand, is a tool, is a motivator, is the beat of education.
...moreMusic was noise, and noise was music, and George Antheil was on his way.
...moreMusic columnist Rick Moody writes on ten albums that influenced him through his life.
...moreZappa, on the other hand, was never sentimental.
...moreIn my hands is the record of my youth.
...moreMy sobriety is still a mystery to me. Forty years this December.
...moreGabriel Birnbaum discusses his new album, NOT ALONE.
...moreI still had the dress and decided to wear it.
...moreSven Ratzke discusses his new show, WHERE ARE WE NOW.
...moreIt’s good to know I’ll always be prepared for what’s out there.
...moreI’m just being an artist. I’m just being creative.
...moreIt was like a nationwide Yellow Pages of radio.
...moreIt’s beyond comfort food. And when I’m out on the road it’s a signifier of home.
...moreNate Wooley, the reason for this piece, is a essential force in the contemporary music.
...moreI remember driving a bird mad once.
...moreLawlor uses the act of making a mixtape to show us their character’s mind at work.
...moreWhat follows, then, is a sort of first-thought-best-thought discussion of MORE BLOOD, MORE TRACKS.
...moreWherever I go out on tour, I always have a book with me, and another for when I’m finished.
...moreI sing it to feel the darkness of it. I demand access.
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