Pickled Tree Cookie
A fossil. A body. A message from a recovered life.
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Posts Tagged: rural
Haunted, Beloved: A Conversation with Jacques Rancourt
Jacques Rancourt discusses his new collection, BROCKEN SPECTRE.
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Reimagining Place in the Pandemic
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
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
Karen Tucker discusses her debut novel, BEWILDERNESS.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Kayleb Rae Candrilli
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
Shy Watson discusses her new collection, HORROR VACUI: POEMS AND OTHER WRITINGS.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Mike Alberti
“I think about loss as echoes or circular structures.”
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If My Body Were a House
Where my masculinity dwells, I am in control.
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Save St. Mark’s
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
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
Sarah Smarsh discusses her new book, SHE COME BY IT NATURAL.
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No Unnecessary Touching: A Conversation with C. Kubasta
C. Kubasta discusses her new collection, ABJECTIFICATION: STORIES & TRUTHS.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Alison Stine
Alison Stine discusses her new novel, ROAD OUT OF WINTER.
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Queering the Southern Gothic: A Conversation with Genevieve Hudson
Genevieve Hudson discusses her debut novel, BOYS OF ALABAMA.
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A Very Queer Book: Talking with Carter Sickels
Carter Sickels discusses his new novel, THE PRETTIEST STAR.
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Lingering on Darkness: Sleepovers by Ashleigh Bryant Phillips
When Ashleigh Bryant Phillips lets loose, she can shock.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: The Howard County Rapture
It was a Friday morning at 9:34 a.m. when the Rapture occurred.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers
Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers discusses her new collection, THE TILT TORN AWAY FROM THE SEASONS.
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Between Illusion and Reality: A Conversation with Erin Pringle
Erin Pringle discusses her debut novel, HEZADA! I MISS YOU.
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No One Is Disposable: Talking with Emma Copley Eisenberg
Emma Copley Eisenberg discusses THE THIRD RAINBOW GIRL.
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Barbara Berman’s 2019 Holiday Poetry Shout-Out
Barbara Berman’s 2019 Poetry Shout-Out!
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Deep, Wide, and Ridiculous: Talking with Diane Seuss
Diane Seuss discusses her most recent collection, STILL LIFE WITH TWO DEAD PEACOCKS AND A GIRL.
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The Spot You’re Standing In: A Conversation with Chris Dennis
Chris Dennis discusses his debut story collection, HERE IS WHAT YOU DO.
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Grounded by Circumstance: Tina Barr’s Green Target
Barr is an astonishing image-maker, adept in creating significance through anthimeria.
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Slouching Toward Vantage: A Conversation with Taneum Bambrick
Taneum Bambrick discusses her debut poetry collection, VANTAGE.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #188: T Fleischmann
“Time is really weird and fascinating.”
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #180: De’Shawn Charles Winslow
“Everyone, to varying degrees, is in everyone’s business and life.”
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R.I.P.: Baby Bird
So much land, so much quiet.
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