poetry
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The Sound of Beginning: Birthright by George Abraham
These poems present a challenge to the typically imposed strictures of ownership, narrative, and solution.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Visual Poems by David Joez Villaverde
Can this really still be my dream?
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Identity as a Hall of Mirrors: Descent by Lauren Russell
This book is a marriage of the real world and the imagination, the nexus of nonfiction and fiction.
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Why We Chose Kimberly Grey’s Systems for the Future of Feeling for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club
What we’re reading in our Poetry Book Club next month!
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The World Is on Fire: Living Weapon by Rowan Ricardo Phillips
A democratic art, the poet says, will take us through. Come November, vote.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Marlin M. Jenkins
“I really believe that if it matters to the writer, it can find space in the poem.”
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Sumita Chakraborty
Sumita Chakraborty discusses her debut collection, ARROW.
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A Quintessential Quarantine Read: Paige Lewis’s Space Struck
Narratives, reflections—“bright particulars,” every one.
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On Hauntings and Huntings: Talking with Jihyun Yun
Jihyun Yun discusses her debut poetry collection, SOME ARE ALWAYS HUNGRY.


