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Poetry Can Save Us
The Trouble Ball witnesses the darker parts of history and celebrates resistance to the forces that created those. Martín Espada’s new book, The Trouble Ball is divided into two sections. Part One,...
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The Rumpus Interview with Rich Villar
In Comprehending Forever, Rich Villar’s first poetry collection, sex and sensuality take on near-spiritual undertones. Out next month from Willow Books/Aquarius Press, Villar’s collection references...
View ArticleDoes Poetry Matter?
Yesterday’s New York Times posed this question to poetry superstars Tracy K. Smith, Martin Espada, William Logan, Paul Muldoon, Sandra Beasley, Patrick Rosal, and our own David Biespiel. Whether by...
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Vivas to Those Who Have Failed by Martín Espada
Vivas to Those Who Have Failed, Martín Espada’s new collection of poetry is both an homage to—and a lament for—the victims of various calamities. The book’s title echoes a line from Whitman’s Leaves of...
View ArticleWeekend Rumpus Roundup
First, Brandon Hicks mocks the electoral process in his illustrated narrative, “God Is Dead: Campaign Coverage.”Then, in the Saturday Essay, Kade Walker remembers her grandmother, a private woman of...
View ArticleNotable San Francisco: 8/1–8/7
Wednesday 8/1: The Last Word hosted by Tracey Knapp. Free, 7 p.m., Bazaar Café (SF). Release party for Issue 22 of Catamaran Literary Reader. Free, 6:30 p.m., Bookshop Santa Cruz. Thursday 8/2: Opening...
View ArticleNotable Chicago: 11/1–11/7
Friday 11/1: Pamela Newkirk discusses her new book, Diversity, Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business. She will be joined in conversation by Mary Morten. Women & Children First, 7...
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #203: Molly Spencer
Molly Spencer’s debut collection of poetry, If the House, was chosen by Carl Phillips for the 2019 Brittingham Prize. Her recent poetry has appeared in FIELD, The Georgia Review, New England Review,...
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Notable Online: 1/24–1/30
Monday 1/25: Kenneth R. Rosen discusses Troubled: The Failed Promise of America’s Behavioral Treatment Programs with Sylvia A. Harvey. Harvard Bookstore via CrowdCast, 7 p.m. EST, $3. Elizabeth Powell...
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What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Poetry
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 you each day throughout...
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