Telling Our Truths: A Conversation with Shaindel Beers
Shaindel Beers discusses her third collection, SECURE YOUR OWN MASK.
Poetry
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Delicious Courage: Lynn Melnick’s Landscape with Sex and Violence
Melnick’s craft is in the extreme language and unfamiliar syntax which blends a brew that, while bitter, is also intoxicating.
SquareRoot of Love: Broken Heart
We must find a way to keep the roots of love and justice strong.
Why I Chose Franny Choi’s Soft Science for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club
What we’re reading in our Poetry Book Club next month!
Both/And: Republic Café by David Biespiel
How is one to make sense of making catastrophe and making love in the same moment?
Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Marwa Helal
i was asking for the ocean and i got a grain of / sand
Slippery and Dark and Brilliant: A Conversation with Morgan Parker
Morgan Parker discusses her newest collection, MAGICAL NEGRO.
An Atlas of Unmappables: Jennifer S. Cheng’s Moon: Letters, Maps, Poems
Reading Moon was a hypnotic experience for me, simultaneously immersive and elusive.
Good Enough: Foraging for Answers with Mary Oliver
Creation begets death which begets more creation.
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Sally Wen Mao
Sally Wen Mao discusses her new collection, OCULUS.
Urgent Connections: Negative Space and Too Afraid to Cry
There’s no such thing as too much of this kind of light, especially in dark times.
Seeking Truth: A Conversation with Ruth Baumann
Ruth Baumann discusses her debut poetry collection, PARSE.