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: March 29, 2021
Books We Can’t Wait To Read In April 2021 Read the list here!
Date: March 25, 2021
Yvonne Higgins Leach Reads “For I Have Sinned” by Tina Schumann Yvonne Higgins Leach is the author of Another Autumn (Cherry Grove Collections, 2014). Her poems have been published in The South Carolina […]
Date: March 16, 2021
Thank you for the shout-outs Matt Witt! You can check out his full blog where he presents his photography and film/books/music you may have missed!
Date: March 15, 2021
Featuring SUBDUCTION by Kristen Millares Young, ANIMAL WIFE by Lara Ehrlich, BEYOND REPAIR by Sebastian Matthews, and THE LIKELY WORLD by Melanie Conroy-Goldman Read the list of finalists here!
Date: September 13, 2023
Acclaimed novelist and poet Laila Halaby’s memoir, The Weight of Ghosts, documents her struggle to bear up after the devastating loss after her first-born son, Raad, 21, was killed on the […]
Date: September 6, 2023
What does it mean to heal your inner child? To overcome past trauma? To find the puzzle piece that had been lost years ago, or in another life? In a […]
Date: September 6, 2023
Many American Jews are unaffiliated with Judaism. Some do not observe Jewish rituals in any regular way; others might not worship at all. And yet Jewishness still pervades their lives: […]
Date: September 5, 2023
Ghost Apples, the ninth collection of poems by University of Utah distinguished professor Katharine Coles, offers not only nature-based poems that stir and satiate hunger, but also serrated verse that […]
Date: September 5, 2023
“My story has never been mine to tell,” says novelist, poet, and creative writing teacher Laila Halaby in her memoir, The Weight of Ghosts. “It is squished between other people’s tall […]
Date: August 29, 2023
Author Madeleine Nakamura’s science fiction thriller “Cursebreakers,” embarks on a “mind bending” battle between magicians, witches, medical professionals and the military in the year 3016. All of the drama in this […]
Date: August 17, 2023
A Plucked Zither is Phuong T. Vuong’s sophomore poetry collection. Vuong’s poems draw upon her experience as a 1.5 generation Vietnamese American raised in Oakland, California, and echo the familiar themes […]
Date: August 15, 2023
CURSEBREAKERS by Madeleine Nakamura is a novel as electric as the lightning-bolt magic its protagonist wields, filled with curses, destruction, and piercing heartache. Sometimes vicious and violent; all times spectacular […]
Date: August 15, 2023
“A remarkable work that is both a poignant story of queer coming-of-age and a breathtaking history of modern Russia.”
Date: August 10, 2023
“Poems like these are as two-sided as Vuong’s title instrument: a zither plucked and plucked, played upon and snatched away. For every touch of warmth and musicality, she admits something […]
