Poetry
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Both Past and Present: A Conversation with Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
Poet Marcelo Hernandez Castillo discusses his debut memoir, CHILDREN OF THE LAND.
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Why I Chose Eric Tran’s The Gutter Spread Guide to Prayer for The Rumpus Poetry Book Club
What we’re reading in our Poetry Book Club next month!
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Both Reckoning and Embrace: Dorianne Laux’s Only As The Day Is Long
As the book continues, [Laux] traces a growing understanding of loss.
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Paying Attention: Elizabeth Jacobson’s Not Into the Blossoms and Not Into the Air
Looking can be a way to honor, a way to pay our respects.
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A Divine Comedy of Experience: Hannah Ensor’s Love Dream with Television
Art is a fickle running buddy, legacy jumps out unexpectedly, and love is too serious not to joke about.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Frank Johnson
i run out of words for God & i can’t speak to my demons but / i hear them
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Exploration and Connection: A Conversation with Oliver de la Paz
Oliver de la Paz discusses his newest collection, THE BOY IN THE LABYRINTH.
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A Kind of Bliss: Odes to Lithium by Shira Erlichman
In these moments, we are there with her, to witness the work of staying sane.



