The Rumpus National Poetry Month Project 2021
This April, be inspired, be moved, and celebrate poetry!
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...moreA look back at the books we reviewed in 2020!
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...moreIt’s been a long year. Come feel the literary love, Rumpus style!
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...moreThese are not poems to read quickly, but to return to repeatedly.
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...moreWe celebrate National Poetry Month with new poems daily, illustrating a variety of voices and perspectives in contemporary poetry.
...moreLiterary events in and around the Bay Area this week!
...moreLiterary events in and around the Bay Area this week!
...moreLiterary events in and around the Bay Area this week!
...moreLiterary events in and around the Bay Area this week!
...moreLiterary events in and around the Bay Area this week!
...moreLiterary events in and around the Bay Area this week!
...moreLiterary events in and around New York City this week!
...moreLiterary events and readings in and around L.A. this week!
...moreLiterary events and readings in and around the Bay Area this week!
...moreBarbara Jane Reyes discusses her new collection Invocation to Daughters, poly-vocality in poetry, and the importance of centering women’s voices.
...moreLiterary events and readings in and around New York City this week!
...moreLiterary events and readings in and around the Bay Area this week!
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...moreLiterary events and readings in and around Portland this week!
...moreLiterary events and readings in and around the Bay Area this week!
...moreLiterary events and readings in and around the Bay Area this week!
...moreThursday 7/13: Tavern Books is proud to present a bilingual reading by Caroline Wilcox Reul and guests to celebrate the launch of Who Lives, Elisabeth Borchers’s book translated from its original German. Mother Foucault’s Bookshop, 7 p.m., free. Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic presents Oakland poets Tongo Eisen-Martin and Derek Fenner for their monthly reading. […]
...moreWednesday 6/7: Jess Arndt reads from her short fiction debut, Large Animals. Free, 7 p.m., City Lights Bookstore. Robert Hass, Douglas Manuel, and Charles Hood read from, discuss, and sign their latest works. Free, 7 p.m., Diesel, A Bookstore.
...moreIf you can make only one event this week, don’t miss the Oakland Book Festival on Sunday, 5/21. This all-day festival features more than 100 writers, 50 panels, and lots of tabling and networking. And, The Rumpus will be there! Wednesday 5/17: Rakesh Satyal (Lambda Award winner for Blue Boy) reads from his new novel, No One Can […]
...moreSaturday 4/15: Protest in support of releasing Donald Trump’s tax returns. Bryant Park, 1 p.m., free. Thom Donovan and Marissa Perel join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday 4/16: Tongo Eisen-Martin, Mahogany Browne, and Jive Poetic read poetry. Berl’s Poetry Shop, 3 p.m., free.
...moreWednesday 3/8: The Museum of the African Diaspora, as part of their current exhibition Where Is Here (curated by Jacquelyn Francis and Kathy Zarur), celebrate International Women’s Day with a discussion featuring mixed media and installation artist Asya Abdrahman and writers Faith Adiele and Tonya M. Foster. $10, 7 p.m., MOAD. Thi Bui launches her […]
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