A Deeper Narrative: Tongo Eisen-Martin’s Heaven Is All Goodbyes
These are not poems to read quickly, but to return to repeatedly.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Benjamin Garcia
Benjamin Garcia discusses his debut poetry collection, THROWN IN THE THROAT.
What Could Be: All Its Charms by Keetje Kuipers
The decision to have a child is fraught at the best of times.
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #229: Joshua Harmon
“Technology is our most common landscape, no?”
Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Aline Dolinh
I think I am the same sort of animal. I am trying so hard to be kind.
I Had to Go There: Talking with Enzo Silon Surin
Enzo Silon Surin discusses his debut poetry collection, WHEN MY BODY WAS A CLINCHED FIST.
Rites of Passage: Steven Toussaint’s Lay Studies
We are liturgical animals, Toussaint’s poems suggest, designed to satisfy some ultimate desire with worship.
Rumpus Original Poetry: Four Poems by Joanna Fuhrman
Outside, a tidal wave of strangers tried to remake the narrative.
A Fantastic Communion: Renaissance Normcore by Adèle Barclay
Salt—the speaker’s only remains, after she dives into the ocean and sets herself free of the past.
Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Jacqui Germain
How dare the / fire want a thing and then eat it whole
Why We Chose Vijay Seshadri’s That Was Now, This Is Then for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club
What we’re reading in our Poetry Book Club next month!