An Oral History of Myself #1: Roger
In 2005 I began interviewing people I grew up with. Because I left home at thirteen and spent four years in group homes, my social network was significantly wider than…
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Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
Congratulations to Carole Ann Duffy, Britain’s new Poet Laureate, and both the first woman and the first openly gay person to hold the position. Mayday Magazine hosts a roundtable on…
Obey the DeeJay
I hadn’t thought about it this way before, perhaps because I’m rarely in a dance club anymore, and when I was in them, I was generally too blitzed to pay…
Telling Our Stories
One of the few compensations of growing up as a member of a restrictive, some might even say cultish, religion, is that if you manage to get free of it…
An Update on Craig Arnold
A couple of days ago, we passed along the story that poet Craig Arnold was missing on the small volcanic island of Kuchino-erabu-shima while on a creative exchange fellowship. The…
The Rumpus Interview with Jim Granato
“How many people are willing to actually die for their art? I don’t know. I’m sure many are willing to take a risk and push themselves as far as they…
Brian’s Saturday Morning Links
Welcome to Saturday morning, home of the screaming hangover. Perhaps I’ll try to get my hands on some watercress. This Day in Tech gives us a short, but interesting, look…
A Poem I Love
As part of National Poetry Month, Rumpus Books asked writers for poems they loved, and places those poems can be found online. Here’s what they said:
30 Days, 30 Poems
National Poetry Month is over, but you can still read great poetry on The Rumpus. We published a new poem every day in April, including work from D.A. Powell, Michelle…