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Clock time has really lost all meaning: An interview with Jos Charles

  • Aileen Keown Vaux
  • April 27, 2022
Some work must be done up very close.
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“Yes” as Signature and Grounding: Hannah Emerson’s The Kissing of Kissing

  • Ginny Wiehardt
  • March 23, 2022
In this experience of oneness . . . Emerson invites comparisons to mystic poets. And like them, Emerson breaks from her singular experience to take on some of life’s biggest questions: What does it mean to be human? Why do we exist?
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Why We Chose Jennifer Huang’s Return Flight for The Rumpus Poetry Book Club

  • Brian Spears
  • December 2, 2021
What we’re reading in our Poetry Book Club next month!
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Stitching the Sea Together: A Conversation with Kathryn Smith

  • Aileen Keown Vaux
  • February 26, 2021
Kathryn Smith discusses her new poetry collection, SELF-PORTRAIT WITH CEPHALOPOD.
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The Danger Is Beauty: Talking with Éireann Lorsung

  • Timothy Otte
  • December 4, 2020
Éireann Lorsung discusses her new collection of poetry, THE CENTURY.
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Why We Chose Wound from the Mouth of a Wound by torrin a. greathouse for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club

  • Brian Spears
  • November 3, 2020
What we’re reading in our Poetry Book Club next month!
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Benjamin Garcia

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • August 25, 2020
Benjamin Garcia discusses his debut poetry collection, THROWN IN THE THROAT.
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Shadows and Story: Talking with Jake Skeets

  • Kathy Fagan
  • September 9, 2019
Jake Skeets discusses his debut poetry collection, EYES BOTTLE DARK WITH A MOUTHFUL OF FLOWERS.
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Angry Reminders: Lee Ann Roripaugh’s Tsunami vs. the Fukushima 50

  • Jeannine Hall Gailey
  • August 23, 2019
Human beings like to make myths out of things we don’t understand.
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Monarchs, Motherhood, and Transformation

  • Miya Saika Chen
  • June 11, 2019
These butterflies needed help, and I wanted to deliver them my garden.
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The Mentor Series: Maggie Smith and Kathy Fagan

  • Maggie Smith
  • April 22, 2019
Poet Maggie Smith interviews her mentor, Kathy Fagan.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #63: Patrick Madden

  • Caleb Powell
  • December 22, 2016
Patrick Madden teaches writing at Brigham Young University and is the author of the essay collection Quotidiana. His essays frequently appear in literary magazines and have been featured in The Best…
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