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I want to leave the party through the window and find my uncle standing on a piece of iron shaped into visible desperation, which must also be (how can it not?) the beginning of visible hope.
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An acclaimed Scottish writer and performer, Michael Pedersen is the author of two poetry collections, Play with Me and Oyster, and most recently a memoir titled Boy Friends, which celebrates the beauty and essentialness of male friendships. The central relationship explored in Boy Friends is Pedersen’s close friendship with Scott Hutchison, an illustrator and the […]
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An illustrated review of TIME IS A MOTHER by Ocean Vuong.
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Books releasing in the first half of 2022 that we can’t wait to read!
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Susan Nguyen discusses her debut poetry collection, DEAR DIASPORA.
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To say the past is in the past ignores the abundant ways it controls their lived experience.
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Grant Faulkner shares a reading list to celebrate ALL THE COMFORT SIN CAN PROVIDE.
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I wonder, then, what it is to die. Perhaps to die is a matter of location.
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Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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torrin a. greathouse discusses her debut collection, WOUND FROM THE MOUTH OF A WOUND.
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Alisson Wood discusses her debut memoir, BEING LOLITA.
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Billy-Ray Belcourt discusses his new book, A HISTORY OF MY BRIEF BODY.
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Heather McHugh discusses her new poetry collection, MUDDY MATTERHORN.
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Aria Aber discusses her debut poetry collection, HARD DAMAGE.
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Miah Jeffra shares a reading list to celebrate THE FABULOUS EKPHRASTIC FANTASTIC!.
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Contributors to A MAP IS ONLY ONE STORY share reading recommendations.
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Literary events in and around the Bay Area this week!
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A look back at the books we’ve reviewed in 2019!
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Rumpus editors share their favorite books to gift to friends and family!
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Literary events in and around Chicago this week!
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Taneum Bambrick discusses her debut poetry collection, VANTAGE.
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For Little Dog, putting language to memory becomes a way to survive.
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Literary events in and around Chicago this week!
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Rumpus editors share their favorite writing from LGBTQIA+ writers.
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Nicole Dennis-Benn discusses her second novel, PATSY.
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Literary events in and around L.A. this week!
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Literary events in and around the Twin Cities this week!
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Literary events in and around NYC this week!
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[I]f you want maximum pleasure from this collection, then, you will want to listen closely.
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