It’s Hard Out Here for a Poet
Years ago, I had this great photo of a storm spiral over Antarctica. It was a full-page photo I ripped out of a magazine, probably a National Geographic, and which…
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The Poetic Power of Pedestrians
By merely wandering, the dérivist frustrates the spatial logic of capitalism, in the process discovering new currents, fissures, and vortices of possibility within a deeply familiar space. Wandering and drifting…
Alive: New and Selected Poems by Elizabeth Willis
Patrick James Dunagan reviews Elizabeth Willis's Alive: New and Selected Poems today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Song in the Subjunctive
Perhaps the city looked more poignantly lovely because I was conscious of its tragic history.
The Poetics of Everything
Sure, there’s poetry and there are certain conventions associated with it, but the notion of poetics can exist outside of a literary space. The Believer blog interviews poet Lucy Ives…
For Your Safety Please Hold On by Kayla Czaga
Eric Farwell reviews Kayla Czaga's For Your Safety Please Hold On today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Logan Notebooks by Rebecca Lindenberg
Jeff Alessandrelli reviews Rebecca Lindenberg's The Logan Notebooks today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Rigoberto González
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Rigoberto González about his new book Our Lady of the Crossword, cover image censorship, and the BP oil disaster.
My Feelings by Nick Flynn
Lisa Williams reviews Nick Flynn's My Feelings today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Interview with Bud Smith
Novelist Bud Smith talks about his new book, F-250, working construction and metalworking, finding writing after his friend’s death, and crashing his car over and over again.
How Strangers Form Constellations That Make Sense of the World
“How much does it cost to write a poem?” A red-headed teen asks, she is with a friend who has similarly long and shiny hair.
“Nothing.” I spread my arms wide.