Before the First Book: A Roundtable Discussion
With Sarah Ghazal Ali, Erin L. McCoy, and Tawanda Mulalu.
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Posts Tagged: Natalie Diaz
Before the First Book: A Roundtable Discussion
With Steven Espada Dawson, Elisa Gonzalez, and Gaia Rajan.
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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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What Am I Fighting For?: A Conversation with Deborah A. Miranda
Deborah A. Miranda discusses her new collection of poetry, ALTAR FOR BROKEN THINGS.
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Notable Online: 9/6–9/12
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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A Poetic Smorgasbord: A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt
Each sentence is calculated; each word explodes.
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Notable Online: 8/9–8/15
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Pride
Rumpus editors share a list of new and forthcoming books to celebrate Pride Month!
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This Huge, Colossal Joy: A Conversation with Molly McCully Brown and Susannah Nevison
Molly McCully Brown and Susannah Nevison discuss their work.
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What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Poetry
Rumpus editors share share new and forthcoming collections we’re especially excited about!
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Intimate and Vast: Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz
This is stunning work—painful, embodied, and glorious.
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What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Women’s History
Rumpus editors share their favorite writing that speaks to women’s history past, present, and future.
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Ways to Become Unpinnable: Talking with Natalie Diaz
Natalie Diaz discusses her new collection, POSTCOLONIAL LOVE POEM.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Danez Smith
Danez Smith discusses their new collection, HOMIE.
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What to Read When 2020 Is Just Around the Corner
Books releasing in the first half of 2020 that we can’t wait to read!
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A Divine Comedy of Experience: Hannah Ensor’s Love Dream with Television
Art is a fickle running buddy, legacy jumps out unexpectedly, and love is too serious not to joke about.
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Notable Portland: 7/11–7/17
Literary events in and around Portland this week!
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What to Read When You’re Trying to Exist in an After
Kelly Sundberg shares a reading list to celebrate the paperback release of GOODBYE, SWEET GIRL.
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A Cleansing Tornado: Heart Like a Window, Mouth Like a Cliff by Sara Borjas
Undergirding all the truth about pain is the triumph that comes from having a heart like a window and a mouth like a cliff.
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Notable Twin Cities: 4/14–4/20
Literary events in and around the Twin Cities this week!
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Eliminated to Illuminated: Tarfia Faizullah’s Registers of Illuminated Villages
Faizullah drills language for meaning.
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The Rumpus Guide to AWP 2019
A selection of AWP 2019 panels, readings, and events that we are especially excited for!
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Facing a Lived Reality: A Conversation with Kelly Sundberg
Kelly Sundberg discusses her debut memoir, GOODBYE, SWEET GIRL.
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Notable NYC: 7/21–7/27
Literary events in and around New York City this week!
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A Kind of Communal History: Nepantla edited by Christopher Soto
Fundamentally, [Nepantla] is an act of history-making in verse.
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Moments within Days within Seasons: Talking with Alicia Mountain
Alicia Mountain discusses her debut collection, High Ground Coward, the surveillance state, and queer representation in the poetry world.
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VISIBLE: Women Writers of Color: Aurvi Sharma
Aurvi Sharma discusses her memoir-in-progress, finding inspiration in ancient women’s voices, and writing against erasure.
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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 It’s Time for Sports
Just a “heads up” (as they say in the sports world): this isn’t your average sports list.
...moreNotable Twin Cities: 1/8–1/15
Sunday 1/8: Get your literary fix with an analytical talk by scholar Dave Page on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s story, “A Diamond as Big as the Ritz.” The event takes place at Common Good Books and kicks off [email protected], a series of Sunday showcases focusing on Fitzgerald and his work. 4 p.m., free. Tuesday 1/10: Come celebrate […]
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