100,000 Free Books Dumped in Skip
Cut to a skip adjacent the River Foyle in Derry, Ireland, where over 100,000, count ‘em, one-hundred thousand, books lie in massive piles, free for the taking. “It’s heartbreaking to…
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When I Was Straight by Julie Marie Wade
Julie Enszer reviews Julie Marie Wade's When I Was Straight today in Rumpus Poetry.
Literary Skeletons Out of the Closet
Time to get all the literary skeletons out of the closet: over at Ploughshares, Rebecca Makkai confesses her unutterable secrets about books never read and authors she’s confused—and you can…
American Chew by Matthew Lippman
Michael Klein reviews Matthew Lippman's American Chew today in Rumpus Poetry.
How to Open a Book
It can be tricky. Let Electric Literature help you figure out the best way to open a new book. There are several different ways to open your next book. Try,…
In the Low Houses by Heather Dobbins
Caitlin Mackenzie reviews Heather Dobbins's In the Low Houses today in Rumpus Poetry.
Sun Bear by Matthew Zapruder
Kent Shaw reviews Matthew Zapruder's Sun Bear today in Rumpus Poetry.
A Book by Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet
Whether or not we like the contents, most of us agree: books smell pretty good. (For the truly devoted, there’s even a paper-scented perfume you can wear.) The chemistry blog…
The Pedestrians by Rachel Zucker
Jeannine Hall Gailey reviews Rachel Zucker's the pedestrians today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Feel Trio by Fred Moten
Patrick James Dunagan reviews Fred Moten's The Feel Trio today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Keetje Kuipers
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Keetje Kuipers about her new book The Keys to the Jail, alter egos, landscapes, political poems, and how the fictionalized and the real inhabit the same space.
The Glacier’s Wake by Katy Didden
Nick Morrissey reviews Katy Didden's The Glacier's Wake today in Rumpus Poetry.