The Statue
The mother, too, is a monument. I am haunted by mine.
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Posts Tagged: Anne Carson
This Week in Essays
A weekly roundup of essays we’re reading online!
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Meditations on Green, Grief, and Girlhood: Talking with Susan Nguyen
Susan Nguyen discusses her debut poetry collection, DEAR DIASPORA.
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Gods Arrive Where We Pay Attention: A Conversation with Avni Vyas
Avni Vyas discusses her debut poetry collection, LITTLE GOD.
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Before the First Book: A Roundtable Discussion
With Sarah Ghazal Ali, Erin L. McCoy, and Tawanda Mulalu.
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From the Outside In: Talking with Ellene Glenn Moore
Ellene Glenn Moore discusses her debut poetry collection, HOW BLOOD WORKS.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Kaveh Akbar
Kaveh Akbar discusses his new collection, PILGRIM BELL.
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Before the First Book: A Roundtable Discussion
With Steven Espada Dawson, Elisa Gonzalez, and Gaia Rajan.
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Begin with Language: Talking with Becka Mara McKay
Becka Mara McKay discusses her new poetry collection, THE LITTLE BOOK OF NO CONSOLATION.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Kimberly Grey
Kimberly Grey discusses her new collection, SYSTEMS FOR THE FUTURE OF FEELING.
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Notable Online: 12/6–12/12
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Poetry
Rumpus editors share share new and forthcoming collections we’re especially excited about!
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What to Read When You’re Transforming
Laura Bogart shares a reading list to celebrate DON’T YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU.
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What to Read When You Want to Fall in Love with Novels in Verse
Gayle Brandeis shares a reading list to celebrate MANY RESTLESS CONCERNS.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #204: Paulina Flores
“Working with words is a quest, not blind, but in the darkness.”
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The Thread: Lacuna
If nobody tells you what to call a feeling, your emotions have a gap.
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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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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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What to Read When You Are Ready to Be Done Crying
Heather Christle shares a reading list to celebrate THE CRYING BOOK.
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The Mania of Queer Desire: In Praise of Fever Ray’s Plunge
I remember driving a bird mad once.
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What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Poetry
Rumpus editors share favorite poetry collections as we continue our celebration of National Poetry Month!
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Notable Philadelphia: 2/12–2/18
Literary events in and around Philly this week!
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A Séance of a Book: Talking with Allie Rowbottom
Allie Rowbottom discusses her debut memoir, JELL-O GIRLS.
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What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Feminism
We here at The Rumpus matriarchy are celebrating all of our feminist “mothers” this Mother’s Day!
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Like Juggling Knives: Talking with Rumaan Alam
Rumaan Alam discusses his new novel, That Kind of Mother, the limits of the employer-employee relationship, and the grossness of heterosexual sex.
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What to Read When You Want to Run Away with the Circus
Tessa Fontaine shares a list of books to celebrate her forthcoming debut memoir, The Electric Woman.
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Woven from Dreams: A Conversation with Kiki Petrosino
Kiki Petrosino discusses her newest collection, Witch Wife, the career she’d have in an alternate universe, and the relationship between reading and writing.
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What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Poetry
Rumpus editors share favorite poetry collections as we continue our celebration of National Poetry Month!
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What to Read When You Want to Read about Feminist Saints
A list from Julia Pierpont to celebrate the release of The Little Book of Feminist Saints.
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VISIBLE: Women Writers of Color: Aurvi Sharma
Aurvi Sharma discusses her memoir-in-progress, finding inspiration in ancient women’s voices, and writing against erasure.
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