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Pickled Tree Cookie

  • Taneum Bambrick
  • October 4, 2021
A fossil. A body. A message from a recovered life.
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Haunted, Beloved: A Conversation with Jacques Rancourt

  • Michael Colbert
  • September 15, 2021
Jacques Rancourt discusses his new collection, BROCKEN SPECTRE.
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Reimagining Place in the Pandemic

  • Edward Derby
  • August 17, 2021
This collection suggests again and again that poets and poetry are conjoined with such places—found on a map and indelibly mapped to the psyche.
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Malus Domestica

  • Angie Romines
  • July 26, 2021
Apples do not grow “true to seed,” meaning that what you put in the ground isn’t always what comes back out of it.
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The Desire for a Pain-Free Existence: Talking with Karen Tucker

  • Aram Mrjoian
  • May 28, 2021
Karen Tucker discusses her debut novel, BEWILDERNESS.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Kayleb Rae Candrilli

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • May 25, 2021
Kayleb Rae Candrilli discusses their new poetry collection, WATER I WON’T TOUCH.
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Always in Flux: A Conversation with Shy Watson

  • Amy Saul-Zerby
  • March 31, 2021
Shy Watson discusses her new collection, HORROR VACUI: POEMS AND OTHER WRITINGS.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Mike Alberti

  • Jennifer Bowen
  • February 18, 2021
“I think about loss as echoes or circular structures.”
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If My Body Were a House

  • Emrys Donaldson
  • February 8, 2021
Where my masculinity dwells, I am in control.
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Save St. Mark’s

  • Lisa Bubert
  • November 30, 2020
It is fifteen years after the renovation, and St. Mark’s struggles to breathe.
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Stories without Veils: Talking with Athena Dixon

  • Tonya Abari
  • November 30, 2020
Athena Dixon discusses her debut memoir-in-essays, THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WOMAN.
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Re-Contextualizing Dolly Parton in Her Full Glory: Talking with Sarah Smarsh

  • A. Malone
  • October 23, 2020
Sarah Smarsh discusses her new book, SHE COME BY IT NATURAL.
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