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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club
Timothy Donnelly’s The Cloud Corporation is the Rumpus Poetry Book Club selection for September.Hurry up and join if you’re interested. The books have already arrived and we’ll begin shipping them next...
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Last week, I made a snarky comparison of Kent Johnson’s theory about the authorship of a Frank O’Hara poem to Andrew Sullivan’s continual questions about who exactly Trig Palin’s mother is. Johnson...
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Emily Abendroth
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Emily Abendroth about prison work, political poetry, and research in creative writing in her book ]exclosures[ from Ahsahta Press.This is an edited transcript of...
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Janice N. Harrington
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Janice N. Harrington about her new collection Primitive, the challenge of working with a real-life subject’s language, and critiquing the use of “primitive” to...
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Why I Chose Adrian Matejka’s Map to the Stars for March Poetry Book Club
It started, as it often does, with a recommendation from a friend, in this case Gabrielle Calvocoressi. She sent me an email saying “You have to look at this book.” I would have anyway, because I’ve...
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Why I Chose When I Grow Up I Want To Be a List of Further Possibilities for...
I am drawn to poetry about the difficulties of family, about the pain of feeling one is a disappointment to their parents, about the sense of separation that can come as a result. Chen Chen’s debut...
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Why I Chose Nikki Wallschlaeger’s Crawlspace for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club
I’m always interested in the work of poets who use form in subversive ways, and while it’s true that the sonnet has long ceased to be just a love song, what Nikki Wallschlaeger does with it in her new...
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Why I Chose Erika L. Sánchez’s Lessons on Expulsion for the Rumpus Poetry...
Before I tell you more, a quick reminder that in order to receive your copy of Lessons on Expulsion, read along with the Poetry Book Club, and participate in our exclusive chat with Erika, you’ll need...
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Why I Chose Iris Jamahl Dunkle’s Interrupted Geographies for the Rumpus...
I still remember the time many (many) years ago, as an undergrad, when my professor dropped Christopher Marlowe’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” and Sir Walter Ralegh’s response on the class and...
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Erika L. Sánchez
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Erika L. Sánchez about her new collection Lessons on Expulsion, pushing back against sexism and misogyny, being a troublemaker, and donkeys. This is an edited...
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Why I Chose Gabrielle Calvocoressi’s Rocket Fantastic for the Rumpus Poetry...
Gabrielle Calvocoressi’s third collection, Rocket Fantastic, is a beautiful book which asks the reader to live in a world where gender and language are both fluid and linked together in a dance which...
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Iris Dunkle
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Iris Jamahl Dunkle about her new collection Interrupted Geographies, writing against the pastoral tradition, the power of persona poems, and the town of Pithole....
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Why I Chose Kaveh Akbar’s Calling a Wolf a Wolf for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club
When I read one of Kaveh Akbar’s poems, I often find myself entranced by the beauty of his lines and marveling at how both the lines and the poems contain incredible strength in seeming delicacy....
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Why I Chose Kamilah Aisha Moon’s Starshine & Clay for the Rumpus Poetry Book...
Kamilah Aisha Moon takes the title for her most recent collection from Lucille Clifton’s poem “won’t you celebrate with me,” which includes the lines: “what did i see to be except myself? / i made it...
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Gabrielle Calvocoressi
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Gabrielle Calvocoressi about her new collection Rocket Fantastic, the fluid nature of gender, and the reader as collaborator with the text. This is an edited...
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Kaveh Akbar
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Kaveh Akbar about his new collection Calling a Wolf a Wolf, finding community in poetry, books on craft, and mining the supernatural for poems. This is an edited...
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Kamilah Aisha Moon
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Kamilah Aisha Moon about her new collection Starshine & Clay (Four Way Books, September 2017), the power of naming, and the connection between creation and...
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Why I Chose Sarah Blake’s Let’s Not Live On Earth for the Rumpus Poetry Book...
The first poem in Sarah Blake’s new collection is titled “Suicide Prevention,” and it begins with a mention of new signs at the local train station for the Lifeline. The third line, set off by itself,...
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Black Friday Sale and Rumpus Holiday Gifts!
This holiday season, give the gift of The Rumpus. We have plenty of holiday gift options for the well-read optimist or literary child in your life, and we’re kicking things off with a Black Friday...
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The Rumpus 2017 Holiday Gift Guide
Having trouble picking out a present that’s just right for that special someone? Out of ideas for that ever-growing gift list? We’ve gathered up our favorite gifting ideas for literary-minded friends...
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