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Frenetic, Excitable, and Direct: Sylvie Baumgartel’s Song of Songs
This poem lets her—the speaker and Baumgartel—be too much.
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Corinne Lee and Finding an Antidote to America’s Toxicity
Poet Corinne Lee on writing her epic book-length poem Plenty and finding new ways to live in a rapidly changing world.
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The Death-Defying Adventure that Saved the British Empire
At Epic Magazine, James Nestor dives deep to tell the story of “sunken treasure, death-defying adventure, sibling rivalry,” and how brothers Charles and John Deane “invented modern deep-sea diving and saved the British Empire.”
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The Rumpus Interview with Bruce Bauman
Bruce Bauman discusses his latest book, Broken Sleep, why rock isn’t dead (yet), how humor makes life bearable, and why we should reinstate the draft.