Complete the Sentence
We baked a fresh bowl for dinner?, I wonder. Do you think the pen will sink or grow? Do you think a pen will sink or throw? Sure. This could be a very delightful exercise (for poets), I think to myself.
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The Desire for a Pain-Free Existence: Talking with Karen Tucker
Karen Tucker discusses her debut novel, BEWILDERNESS.
On Resilience, Tender Rituals, and Responsible Love: Talking with Kiese Laymon
Kiese Laymon discusses the revised HOW TO SLOWLY KILL YOURSELF AND OTHERS IN AMERICA.
Criticism as a Life Practice: A Conversation with Yxta Maya Murray
Yxta Maya Murray discusses her new novel, ART IS EVERTHING.
What Am I Fighting For?: A Conversation with Deborah A. Miranda
Deborah A. Miranda discusses her new collection of poetry, ALTAR FOR BROKEN THINGS.
The Worlds We Inhabit: Home: New Arabic Poems
These writers expand the meaning of the word home by virtue of their lives and their writing.
Re-Contextualizing Dolly Parton in Her Full Glory: Talking with Sarah Smarsh
Sarah Smarsh discusses her new book, SHE COME BY IT NATURAL.
To Make Some Beauty: Talking with brian g. gilmore
Poet brian g. gilmore discusses his newest collection, COME SEE ABOUT ME, MARVIN.
The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Alison Stine
Alison Stine discusses her new novel, ROAD OUT OF WINTER.
Voices on Addiction: Fallen
There is no finality to this grief. Only a series of losses, compounded.
I Wrote a Road Trip through the Apocalypse, Then We Drove It
I won’t say I brought this on myself, but I wrote it. I wrote it myself.