The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Erin Belieu
Erin Belieu discusses her new collection, COME-HITHER HONEYCOMB.
...moreErin Belieu discusses her new collection, COME-HITHER HONEYCOMB.
...moreFor me, performance is a conversation with the sacred and timeless, the sublime.
...moreYou just have to sink into the music and let it wash over you.
...moreThe clash of opinions about music is music itself.
...more“The fact is we’re all living part of one long song.”
...moreSarah Smarsh discusses her new book, SHE COME BY IT NATURAL.
...moreJenny Hval discusses her new novel, GIRLS AGAINST GOD.
...moreEven though I’ve only had my 12-string for two years, this is my favorite guitar.
...moreSumita Chakraborty discusses her debut collection, ARROW.
...moreI had to admit that for a businessman, he was flexible.
...moreEnzo Silon Surin discusses his debut poetry collection, WHEN MY BODY WAS A CLINCHED FIST.
...moreMy parents told me, “This is a special one for the queen.”
...more“Ultimately art is about making sense of our brief lives on earth.”
...moreI’m not writing confessionals; I’m trying to write hooks.
...moreLiteracy, you know firsthand, is a tool, is a motivator, is the beat of education.
...more“I don’t think I know how to write if I’m not guided by sound—that’s when it feels like I’m flailing or straining.”
...moreMusic was noise, and noise was music, and George Antheil was on his way.
...moreMusic columnist Rick Moody writes on ten albums that influenced him through his life.
...moreI see the birds. I feel my body, splitting from its spirit, lying in the grass.
...moreIt’s the atmosphere. The temperature. What lies between thee and me.
...moreZappa, on the other hand, was never sentimental.
...moreRon A. Austin discusses his debut novel, AVERY COLT IS A THIEF, A SNAKE, A LIAR.
...moreIn my hands is the record of my youth.
...moreGabriel Birnbaum discusses his new album, NOT ALONE.
...moreI still had the dress and decided to wear it.
...moreSven Ratzke discusses his new show, WHERE ARE WE NOW.
...moreKatharine Coldiron discusses her forthcoming novella, CEREMONIALS.
...moreIt’s good to know I’ll always be prepared for what’s out there.
...moreI’m just being an artist. I’m just being creative.
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