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: March 29, 2021
And with that, March has come and gone. Here we are in April. The sun shines longer, the weather is getting warmer, and there is a bountiful list of new […]
Date: July 15, 2024
In Sadie Hoagland’s novel Circle of Animals, a woman goes through cycles of trauma, motherhood, complicated love, and perseverance in a misogynistic culture.
Date: July 10, 2024
VERDICT Well-crafted characters will draw in readers, and an intricately woven plot will keep them in their seats. Recommended for fans of Tana French, Gillian Flynn, and Karin Slaughter.
Date: July 8, 2024
Danielle Vogel’s third book, the 2020 poetry collection The Way a Line Hallucinates Its Own Linearity, is much more than a group of poems elegantly arranged. It’s a conversation between the […]
Date: July 2, 2024
In this memoir, David Mas Masumoto tackles a difficult time in American history as well as his own family history. Intertwined in this history of family, the imprisonment camps where […]
Date: July 2, 2024
Ripples in the Fabric of the Universe by Jim Tilley published by Red Hen Press, Pasadena, California in June this year, is an interesting mix of relationship perceptions and how the universe […]
Date: July 2, 2024
The Good Deed reads like history that has been written over and over; perhaps it is just that the stories are as old as time, and displaced women and children—mute […]
Date: July 1, 2024
NYT lists A PUNISHING BREED as one of their picks for the 4 Great Fictional Detectives. Check out the full review below!
Date: July 1, 2024
Two poets read and review poems from Susan Rich’s poetry collection, BLUE ATLAS.
Date: June 27, 2024
Kirkus Review writes, “Wright explores the ravages of psychopathy on society through the lives of two young killers. The Zanetti twins, Benjamin and Corinthia, are marked by violence from an […]
Date: June 25, 2024
”Negative capability” was initially described by 18th-century English poet John Keats as a poet’s way of living with uncertainty, or with openness to competing moods. In two recently published volumes, […]
