The Light Endures: 13th Balloon by Mark Bibbins
Grief begs to be analogized, not to be tamed exactly, but somehow made approachable.
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Posts Tagged: Julie Marie Wade
Not Looking Away: The State She’s In by Lesley Wheeler
But look at this poet-speaker speaking the unspeakable!
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Notable Online: 1/24–1/30
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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A Year In Rumpus Book Reviews 2020
A look back at the books we reviewed in 2020!
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Time Is Precious: A Conversation with Clifford Thompson
Clifford Thompson discusses his work and art-making.
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What to Read When: Rumpus Staff Favorites 2020
The Rumpus editorial staff selects our favorite pieces from 2020!
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So That We May Move Forward: A Conversation with Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello
Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello discusses her debut poetry collection, HOUR OF THE OX.
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Grateful Maniacs: A Conversation with Dawn Davies
Dawn Davies discusses her debut memoir, MOTHERS OF SPARTA.
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A Quintessential Quarantine Read: Paige Lewis’s Space Struck
Narratives, reflections—“bright particulars,” every one.
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Deep Wells: A Conversation with Rebecca McClanahan
Rebecca McClanahan discusses her new memoir-in-essays, IN THE KEY OF NEW YORK CITY.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #227: Karen Salyer McElmurray
“You’re solving this mystery, you’re taking this journey, but that’s only an opening to another journey.”
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Subtext Rising to the Surface: A Conversation with Matthew Olzmann
Poet Matthew Olzmann discusses his work with Julie Marie Wade.
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Exceptional Pain and Power: Lima :: Limón by Natalie Scenters-Zapico
See how visceral? Before I opened this book, I felt I was already inside it.
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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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Paying Attention: Elizabeth Jacobson’s Not Into the Blossoms and Not Into the Air
Looking can be a way to honor, a way to pay our respects.
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Beyond the Manicured Surfaces: Talking with Aaron Smith
Aaron Smith discusses his new poetry collection, THE BOOK OF DANIEL.
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A Hybrid Wonder: Niloufar Talebi’s Self-Portrait in Bloom
Your book is full of glorious limbos.
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Paying It Forward: A Conversation with Lawrence Schimel
Writer, translator, editor, and publisher Lawrence Schimel talks about his work in the literary world.
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Poetry Is Wild: Talking with Ariel Francisco
Ariel Francisco discusses his forthcoming second collection, A SINKING SHIP IS STILL A SHIP.
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A Slant Wholeness: Talking with Barrie Jean Borich
Barrie Jean Borrich discusses her work, including her most recent collection APOCALYPSE, DARLING.
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Little Containers for Safekeeping: A Conversation with Rick Barot
Poet Rick Barot discusses his existing body of work and the forthcoming collection THE GALLEONS.
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A Live Ember: Stephanie Strickland’s How the Universe Is Made
Over time, Strickland’s lines themselves grow wild, less uniform in their patterns of indentation. Like root structures deep in the ground, they branch in many directions.
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An Atlas of Unmappables: Jennifer S. Cheng’s Moon: Letters, Maps, Poems
Reading Moon was a hypnotic experience for me, simultaneously immersive and elusive.
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A Year in Rumpus Book Reviews
A look back at the books we’ve reviewed in 2018!
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What to Read When: Rumpus Staff Favorites 2018
The Rumpus editorial staff selects our favorite pieces from 2018!
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Subtle Magic: Starfish by Sara Goodman
This book is a map, Dear Reader. And you are here.
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The Voice Is a Social Construct: Talking with Kristina Marie Darling
Poet Kristina Marie Darling discusses the literary life, collaborative writing, and the power of experimental forms.
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Making a Nest within a Book: Kevin McLellan’s Ornitheology
In my reading, Ornitheology turns out to be a book of psalms.
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Dream Big: Hillary, Made Up by Marianne Kunkel
Hillary, Made Up is a complex feminist undertaking that undermines traditional notions of interpretation.
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How to Become a Poet: A Conversation with Ashley M. Jones
“You don’t have to drink yourself into the Great American Poetry Masterpiece.”
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