Read Features & Reviews Interviews Rumpus Original A reflection on reflection: An interview with Katherine Indermaur EJ LevyMarch 27, 2023 I did some research on how the vertical slash was used in different contexts, and fell in love with the Sheffer stroke.Read
Read Features & Reviews Poetry Rumpus Original Filling in the Missing Patchwork: A Conversation with Steven Reigns Diane GottliebDecember 1, 2021 Steven Reigns discusses his newest poetry collection, A QUILT FOR DAVID. Read
Read Book Club Blog Features & Reviews Rumpus Original The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Randa Jarrar The Rumpus Book ClubFebruary 23, 2021 Randa Jarrar discusses her new memoir, LOVE IS AN EX-COUNTRY.Read
Read Features & Reviews Poetry Reviews A Parcel of Stories: Hard Damage by Aria Aber Marie ScarlesSeptember 6, 2019 The speaker in Hard Damage, it seems, is writing herself to life.Read
Read Features & Reviews Poetry Reviews New-Old, Old-New: Erica Dawson’s When Rap Spoke Straight to God Jaimee HillsOctober 19, 2018 Dawson plays with many tropes—light and dark, the spiritual vs. the corporeal—while questioning the everyday myths that surround us.Read
Book Club Blog Poetry Why I Chose Justin Phillip Reed’s Indecency for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club Brian SpearsMarch 16, 2018 Here's what we're reading in our Poetry Book Club next month!Read
Read Features & Reviews Rumpus Original What to Read When What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Black History The RumpusFebruary 9, 2018 Rumpus editors share for their favorite writing that speaks to black history, past and present.Read
Read Features & Reviews Rumpus Original What to Read When What to Read When You Want Fire and Fury The RumpusJanuary 19, 2018 Rumpus editors share a list of books by writers of color and women that bring fire, fury, and sometimes, both.Read
Read Features & Reviews Poetry Reviews A Deeply Human Act: Don’t Call Us Dead by Danez Smith Chelsea DingmanOctober 13, 2017 What is so extraordinary about this collection is its lyricism, its humanity, and its urgency.Read
Read Features & Reviews Rumpus Original The Woman Behind the Curtain Pulling the Levers: Talking with Zinzi Clemmons Jaime HerndonOctober 6, 2017 Zinzi Clemmons on What We Lose, representations of blackness, and life's influences on writing.Read
Read Features & Reviews Rumpus Original What to Read When What to Read When It’s Time for Sports The RumpusSeptember 22, 2017 Just a "heads up" (as they say in the sports world): this isn't your average sports list.Read
Read Features & Reviews Rumpus Original What to Read When What to Read When You Want to Make America Great Again The RumpusJune 30, 2017 Here is a list of books that help remind us what actually makes America great (hint: it's not tax cuts). Read