Great Pain, Great Pleasure: Here All Night, Nightshade, and Blazons
All three remind readers that what is imagined is not always real and the world is not as expected.
Poetry
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Monica Sok
He pretends he cannot be seen. / I pretend I cannot find him.
Why I Chose Mary-Kim Arnold’s The Fish & The Dove for The Rumpus Poetry Book Club
What we’re reading in our Poetry Book Club next month!
The Fraught Nature of Belonging: Nathalie Handal’s Life in a Country Album
Each poem opens a window into cities and vocabularies of exile.
Rendering Memory: A Conversation with Abby Frucht
Abby Frucht discusses her first collection of poetry, MAIDS.
Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Dina Paulson-McEwen
If there were a place with a window / to all places, it would be Santa Fe.
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Danez Smith
Danez Smith discusses their new collection, HOMIE.
The Beat of the Poem: Talking with Tatiana Figueroa Ramirez
Tatiana Figueroa Ramirez discusses her debut poetry collection, COCONUT CURLS Y CAFÉ CON LECHE.
To Survive the World: Build Yourself a Boat by Camonghne Felix
She wants us to know the mental and emotional labor is exhausting.
Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Hussain Ahmed
the girl does not want her child to inherit any of her gowns // so she set herself on fire.
Be a Reed in the Wind: Talking with Aisha Sharif
Aisha Sharif discusses her debut collection of poetry, TO KEEP FROM UNDRESSING.