Reading Achy Obejas’s BOOMERANG/BUMERÁN as Indelible and Recursive Testimony
A review of BOOMERANG/BUMERÁN, a bilingual poetry collection from Achy Obejas available now from Beacon Press.
...moreA review of BOOMERANG/BUMERÁN, a bilingual poetry collection from Achy Obejas available now from Beacon Press.
...moreConsider: My coming out story has been told, but coming out is constantly changing and shifting and needs retelling, and each telling has value for a particular audience.
...moreJulie Iromuanya discusses her debut novel, MR. AND MRS. DOCTOR.
...moreCombine multiple ingredients in a single stanza-bowl.
...moreStacey Waite talks about her poetry collections BUTCH GEOGRAPHY and THE LAKE HAS NO SAINT.
...moreThe individual and the crowd might prove as false a binary as anything else, even that [perforated] line sketched between poetry and prose.
...moreEllene Glenn Moore discusses her debut poetry collection, HOW BLOOD WORKS.
...moreJan Beatty discusses her new memoir, AMERICAN BASTARD.
...moreResonance is a given. You can’t help but hear. In Lauren Shapiro’s Arena, every seat is the best seat in the house.
...moreJulie Marie Wade discusses her newest poetry collection, SKIRTED.
...morePoet Oliver de la Paz discusses art-making, hybrid forms, and his work.
...moreJoy Ladin discusses the new edition of THE BOOK OF ANNA.
...moreIn other words: Larusso does some remarkably heavy lifting in this book.
...moreLiterary events taking place virtually this week!
...moreLaurel Nakanishi discusses her debut poetry collection, ASHORE.
...moreJulia Koets discusses her forthcoming poetry collection, PINE.
...moreBecka Mara McKay discusses her new poetry collection, THE LITTLE BOOK OF NO CONSOLATION.
...moreGrief begs to be analogized, not to be tamed exactly, but somehow made approachable.
...moreBut look at this poet-speaker speaking the unspeakable!
...moreLiterary events taking place virtually this week!
...moreA look back at the books we reviewed in 2020!
...moreClifford Thompson discusses his work and art-making.
...moreThe Rumpus editorial staff selects our favorite pieces from 2020!
...moreMarci Calabretta Cancio-Bello discusses her debut poetry collection, HOUR OF THE OX.
...moreDawn Davies discusses her debut memoir, MOTHERS OF SPARTA.
...moreNarratives, reflections—“bright particulars,” every one.
...moreRebecca McClanahan discusses her new memoir-in-essays, IN THE KEY OF NEW YORK CITY.
...more“You’re solving this mystery, you’re taking this journey, but that’s only an opening to another journey.”
...morePoet Matthew Olzmann discusses his work with Julie Marie Wade.
...moreSee how visceral? Before I opened this book, I felt I was already inside it.
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