The Rumpus Interview with Max Ritvo
Max Ritvo passed away on August 23, 2016. Earlier this summer, he spoke with Sarah Blake about his debut collection Four Reincarnations, writing with and about cancer, and how language is a game.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Monica Youn
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Monica Youn about her new collection Blackacre, hypothetical tracts of land, Milton, and infertility.
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: 21 Poems That Shaped America (Pt. 1): “The Idea of Ancestry”
I know / their dark eyes, they know mine.
The Rumpus Interview with Connie Wanek
Connie Wanek discusses her latest book, Rival Gardens: New and Selected Poems, the challenge of looking back at older poems, and what prioritizing writing looks like.
Dated Emcees by Chinaka Hodge
Amanda Hildebrand reviews Chinaka Hodge's Dated Emcees today in Rumpus Poetry.
Brawl & Jag by April Bernard
Brian McKenna reviews April Bernard's Brawl & Jag today in Rumpus Poetry.
Manual For Living by Sharon Dolin
Matthew Hittinger reviews Sharon Dolin's Manual for Living today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with David Rivard
David Rivard discusses his new collection Standoff, writing as both a public and private act, the interiority of reading, and Pokémon GO.
How The End Begins by Cynthia Cruz
Jeff Lennon reviews Cynthia Cruz's Where the End Begins today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Collected Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay
Barbara Berman reviews Selected Poems of Edna St Vincent Millay today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Interview with Arielle Greenberg
Arielle Greenberg talks about her new collection, Locally Made Panties, the possibility of feminist pornography, and curating her Rumpus column, (K)ink: Writing While Deviant.