The Last Poem I Loved: “The Hell Poem” by Shane McCrae
I’m fascinated that the speaker’s harm disappearing is a function of being in Hell.
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Posts Tagged: Jericho Brown
In and of the Wreck: Together in a Sudden Strangeness
In its imagery and mood, the collection feels distinctly April.
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Notable Online: 11/15–11/21
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Still Wouldst Thou Sing: Nightingale by Paisley Rekdal
Figures from antiquity—those masks of learned, privileged poets—are rendered utterly contemporary, down to earth.
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Notable Online: 10/4–10/10
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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The Sealey Challenge
The Challenge creates community through ongoing engagement with it.
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Notable Online: 8/2–8/8
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Beyond Anger and Sorrow: On Poetry, Pleasure, Politics, and Offense
A poetry of coalition building: how would that sound?
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What to Read When You Need to Understand Structural Inequity
There are many types of burns, but there is the cooling stream of joy.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Heather McHugh
Heather McHugh discusses her new poetry collection, MUDDY MATTERHORN.
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Why We Chose Thea Matthews’s Unearth [The Flowers] for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club
What we’re reading in our Poetry Book Club next month!
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Notable Online: 4/26–5/2
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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The Rumpus Guide to AWP 2020
A selection of AWP 2020 panels, readings, and events that we are especially excited for!
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The Rumpus Top 30 of 2019
We share our thirty most-read pieces of 2019!
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A Year in Rumpus Book Reviews
A look back at the books we’ve reviewed in 2019!
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Cameron Awkward-Rich
Cameron Awkward-Rich discusses his new collection, DISPATCH.
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Praise the Bottom: A Conversation with Malcolm Tariq
Malcolm Tariq discusses his debut poetry collection, HEED THE HOLLOW.
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What to Read When: A Holiday Book-Gifting Guide
Rumpus editors share their favorite books to gift to friends and family!
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Notable Chicago: 11/8–11/14
Literary events in and around Chicago this week!
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Turning and Turning: Jericho Brown’s The Tradition
[T]his is a book in direct conversation with literary tradition.
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Notable Philadelphia: 11/5–11/11
Literary events in and around Philly this week!
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Why I Chose Cameron Awkward-Rich’s Dispatch for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club
What we’re reading in our Poetry Book Club next month!
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Notable San Francisco: 10/2–10/8
Literary events in and around the Bay Area this week!
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Notable NYC: 9/14–9/20
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
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Notable Philadelphia: 7/30–8/5
Literary events in and around Philly this week!
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What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Pride
Rumpus editors share their favorite writing from LGBTQIA+ writers.
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Notable NYC: 5/18–5/24
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Franny Choi
Franny Choi discusses her new collection, SOFT SCIENCE.
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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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Gutting the Sonnet: A Conversation with Jericho Brown
Jericho Brown discusses his third collection, THE TRADITION.
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