Rex Wilder’s poem featured on the National Review!
Date: April 7, 2021
Rex Wilder, author of BOOMERANGS IN THE LIVING ROOM and WAKING BODIES reads “Dolphins on Glass” Listen to the poem here!
Date: April 7, 2021
Rex Wilder, author of BOOMERANGS IN THE LIVING ROOM and WAKING BODIES reads “Dolphins on Glass” Listen to the poem here!
Date: April 7, 2021
“Poetry leaves room for silence. And poetry makes room for questions that are unanswerable and for them to sit there.” —Richard Blanco April is National Poetry Month — an annual […]
Date: April 7, 2021
Each month, Beyond The Page: A WGBH Book Club features a notable author, who takes part in a live Q&A with a WGBH personality to discuss the intricacies of that month’s novel. […]
Date: April 7, 2021
Now that spring weather has graced us with its mild temperatures, daylight has been saved, and the vaccine will soon be available to all adults in Massachusetts, there are plenty […]
Date: April 6, 2021
Read Promiscuous & Thanking My Breasts below!
Date: April 6, 2021
As the road rises in elevation, the air grows cooler. I keep going until the river narrows with boulders. Sweat sticks to my skin as I slow and pull over on […]
Date: April 2, 2021
It’s no secret that at The Rumpus, we love us some poetry, which makes April one of our favorite months of the year! And, just in case sharing thirty thrilling new poems with […]
Date: April 2, 2021
It’s a new month, a new season, and now it’s time for new poetry collections. April promises gorgeous and pivotal collections that explore everything from trans identity to Black womanhood. Discover […]
Date: March 30, 2021
Congratulations to the former Poet Laureate of Missouri! To purchase the 2021 edition of I-70’s literary magazine, please follow the link below!
Date: March 30, 2021
Speaking the Apology: A Look at Layli Long Soldier’s “Whereas Statements”by Amber Flora Thomas As a biracial African American woman, I have stopped bracing for the horrible event that will finally […]
Date: January 24, 2011
Ron Slate reviews New Hope for the Dead: Uncollected William Matthews, edited by Sebastian Matthews and Stanley Plumly!"The poem features the Horatian qualities one associates with Matthews…"The rest of Slate's […]
Date: January 12, 2011
Janice Eidus' The Last Jewish Virgin has a place on the Midwest Book Review's "Small Press Review" fiction shelf for January 2011!"Vampires are a staple of literature, but Janice Eidus […]
Date: January 5, 2011
Amy Lennon's collection of poetry, "Saint Nobody", received an in-depth review from the craft-focused community of Centrum in Port Townsend, Washington!"Poet Amy Lemmon, whose just-released collection Saint Nobody is now […]
Date: January 5, 2011
Rigoberto Gonzalez of The National Booki Critics Circle named Kurt Brown's collection of poems, No Other Paradise, as a 2010 Small Press Highlight!"If other poets examine the mysteries of our […]
Date: January 5, 2011
Scott Brown received a wonderful review in the 2010 Hawaii Edition Review for his "brilliant political farce", Far Afield."Far Afield is an enormously entertaining novel that exposes our media’s preoccupation […]
Date: January 5, 2011
"As we near the end of this year in which America went broke, got high, and watched J.D. Salinger (and Gary Coleman) die, let's celebrate the East Bay's literary contributions […]
Date: January 5, 2011
January Magazine names Janice Eidus's The Last Jewish Virgin as one of the best books of 2010. "The Last Jewish Virgin is quite beyond the sum of its parts." — […]
Date: December 14, 2010
Book Notes – Rob Roberge ("Working Backwards from the Worst Moment of My Life")In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way […]
Date: December 14, 2010
Presenting…the 2010 Nobbie Awardsby GREG OLEAR NEW PALTZ, N.Y. 11 December 2010 From: TheNervousBreakdown.com Working Backwards from the Worst Moment of My LifeRob RobergeIn the tradition of Jesus' Son, this […]
Date: December 14, 2010
You should be reading Summer Brenner THE title story of Summer Brenner's "My Life in Clothes" is a fierce and funny slip of a thing. "Early on, my cousin, Peggy, […]