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Before the First Book: A Roundtable Discussion

  • Patrycja Humienik
  • October 13, 2021
With Sarah Ghazal Ali, Erin L. McCoy, and Tawanda Mulalu.
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Arriving at the Mystery: A Conversation with Oliver de la Paz

  • Julie Marie Wade
  • August 11, 2021
Poet Oliver de la Paz discusses art-making, hybrid forms, and his work.
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It’s about Choices: Talking with Donika Kelly

  • Sarah Kersey
  • July 19, 2021
Donika Kelly discusses her new poetry collection, THE RENUNCIATIONS.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Erin Belieu

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • March 2, 2021
Erin Belieu discusses her new collection, COME-HITHER HONEYCOMB.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Sumita Chakraborty

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • September 29, 2020
Sumita Chakraborty discusses her debut collection, ARROW.
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Poetry as Archeology: Talking with Roy G. Guzmán

  • Michael Kleber-Diggs
  • May 6, 2020
Roy G. Guzmán discusses their debut collection, CATRACHOS.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #182: Valerie Nieman

  • Kevin Rippin
  • June 27, 2019
“We’re all freaks, all wanderers, all seekers.”
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Sally Wen Mao

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • January 29, 2019
Sally Wen Mao discusses her new collection, OCULUS.
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Dream Big: Hillary, Made Up by Marianne Kunkel

  • Julie Marie Wade
  • August 31, 2018
Hillary, Made Up is a complex feminist undertaking that undermines traditional notions of interpretation.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Iris Dunkle

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  • August 15, 2017
Iris Jamahl Dunkle on her new collection Interrupted Geographies, writing against the pastoral tradition, the power of persona poems, and the town of Pithole.
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