What to Read When: A Holiday Book-Gifting Guide
Rumpus recommendations for books to gift to friends and family this holiday season!
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Posts Tagged: Mary Jo Bang
What to Read When You’ve Made It Halfway Through 2021
Rumpus editors share forthcoming books they can’t wait to read!
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Notable Online: 5/2–5/9
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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The Light Endures: 13th Balloon by Mark Bibbins
Grief begs to be analogized, not to be tamed exactly, but somehow made approachable.
...moreNotable Twin Cities: 2/18–2/24
Literary events and readings in and around the Twin Cities this week!
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What to Read When You Want Fire and Fury
Rumpus editors share a list of books by writers of color and women that bring fire, fury, and sometimes, both.
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What to Read When You Want to Feel Thankful
Kick off the holiday season with a list of books that Rumpus editors are thankful for!
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What to Read When Your Workplace Is Full of Drama
In honor of the World’s Worst Boss, we’ve put together a list of books full of workplace drama for you to read while we wait to see if we can get that orange guy fired.
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The Last Two Seconds by Mary Jo Bang
Anna Ziering reviews Mary Jo Bang’s The Last Two Seconds today in Rumpus Poetry.
...moreA Rumpus Book Club Update
Rumpus Book Club members this month have been devouring Emma Straub’s Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures, and we’ll be chatting with Straub about her book this Wednesday night. Poetry Book Club members have been all over Mary Jo Bang’s new translation of Dante’s Inferno, and we’ll be chatting with her on Thursday. But what’s coming […]
...moreRumpus Book Club(s) Announcements
The Rumpus Book Club has been having a great time with this month’s selection, Elizabeth Crane’s We Only Know So Much, and the Poetry Book Club has been taking Allan Peterson’s Fragile Acts with them everywhere. But we’re nearly halfway through the month. What’s coming up next?
...moreNational Poetry Month Day 38: “A Room in Cleopatra’s Palace” by Mary Jo Bang
This brings us to the end of our National Poetry Month project, one poem short of a sestina’s worth. We close out this year with a poem by Mary Jo Bang, whose forthcoming translation of Dante’s Inferno will be our Rumpus Poetry Book Club selection for the month of August. You can find links to […]
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