Present a copy of The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas. Whoever puts it in their purse is the woman. Whoever pulls their own copy out of their pocket is Gertrude Stein.
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In other words: Larusso does some remarkably heavy lifting in this book.
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Eula Biss discusses her new book, HAVING AND BEING HAD.
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Molly Spencer discusses her new collection, HINGE.
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Poet Kimiko Hahn discusses her new collection, FOREIGN BODIES.
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Karla Cornejo Villavicencio discusses her first book, THE UNDOCUMENTED AMERICANS.
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I surprised myself by reading Memory in an afternoon.
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Ada followed her song deeper into the bush, until the windmill loomed up before her.
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Megan Fernandes discusses her new collection of poetry, GOOD BOYS.
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“I would say the primary role of speech in these poems is to attempt something. To try.”
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[T]his is a book in direct conversation with literary tradition.
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Attention—where it is, where it is not—pervades If the House.
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Ariel Francisco discusses his forthcoming second collection, A SINKING SHIP IS STILL A SHIP.
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If you love this album as much as I think you’re going to, make sure to tell a friend.
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Margaret Renkl discusses her forthcoming debut memoir-in-essays, LATE MIGRATIONS.
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Ilya Kaminsky discusses his new collection, DEAF REPUBLIC.
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Greer Macallister discusses her new novel, WOMAN 99.
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Lessley’s poems remind us: “Because to cry’s / a sign, to cry is proof, / there’s life.”
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Is death a miracle or destruction?
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“The cusp of errand and awe is where poetry always is for me.”
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A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Peter Mishler discusses his debut collection, Fludde, the effect of ritual on poems, and childhood psychology.
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To “ameliorate” the desire for death or the sense of self-annihilation, Ladin finds in religion a way of reconciliation, not only within herself, but also with her community and society at large.
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“I always feel like I’m starting over. I don’t know how I ever wrote a poem. I really do have that feeling.”
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Terese Mailhot discusses her debut memoir, Heart Berries, writing candidly about one’s personal life, and the good that can come from anger.
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A myth is its own kind of truth.
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With impermanence and “praise for the devil” all around, it’s a gift to rediscover joy, no matter how fleeting.
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Laurette Folk discusses her new collection, Totem Beasts, the role of meditation and dreams in her work, and “seeking some heightened experience in the conscious world.”
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Kick off the holiday season with a list of books that Rumpus editors are thankful for!
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Rajith Savanadasa discusses his debut novel, Ruins, writing across oceans, and the chance encounter with refugees that led to the story at the heart of his novel.
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