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Across the Land and the Water by W. G. Sebald
W.G. Sebald left Germany, his native country, in his twenties. He could not reconcile his remaining in a country where silence permeated everything. When his father returned from the war, having served...
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The Rumpus Interview with Cynthia Cruz
Most people in love with poetry have, at one time or another, opened a journal and felt disgusted or baffled by the poems inside, and wondered why the hell the editors chose them, and speculated...
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On Reading
I hold the book in my hands.The cover is a lavender-silver color with a poppy red stain of a blurred bouquet in a vase. Across the front, in thick, black, child-like letters, are the words, An...
View ArticlePinwheel by Marni Ludwig
Marni Ludwig opens her debut collection, Pinwheel, with the dedication, “For my horrible, horrible girls.” And from this first proclamation, we know who the book is written for. It’s written for the...
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Second Childhood by Fanny Howe
The opening poem in Second Childhood, Fanny Howe’s newest collection, is a poem I have been “working on” since I first came across it on The Poetry Foundation’s website last year. By “working on,” I...
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In the latest “The Last Book I Loved,” S. Hope Mills tackles the thriller-esque 1959 novel, The Haunting of Hill House. Shirley Jackson’s talents are strong enough to spook even the avowedly...
View ArticleNotable NYC: 10/11–10/17
Saturday 10/11: The New Yorker Festival, around town, $35 and up.Cristina Moracho launches Althea and Oliver, a novel about two friends. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free.Sunday 10/12: The New Yorker Festival,...
View ArticleNotable NYC: 10/25–10/31
Saturday 10/25: Natalie Harnett, Anthony Breznican, Helen Wan, and Nicole Kear are the latest Sackett Street Writers. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free.Erica Lewis, Betsy Andrews, Claire Caldwell, and A. H....
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Wunderkammer by Cynthia Cruz
I recently heard Cynthia Cruz read at the Brattleboro Literary Festival. Fine-boned and soft-spoken, she walked up to the lectern and showed us the cover of her third book, Wunderkammer.“That’s James...
View ArticleNotable NYC: 11/1–11/7
Saturday 11/1: Adam Fitzgerald, Dara Wier, Sarah Rose Nordgren, and Bridget Talone read poetry. Berl’s Poetry Shop, 7 p.m., free.Mark Cugini, Iris Cushing, Dorothea Lasky, and Sam Wilder join the...
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First, Diana Whitney reviews Cynthia Cruz’s poetry collection, Wunderkammer, meaning “cabinet of curiosities.” This is a book of “delicious… detail.” Cruz’s poems, Whitney declares, “have a wry sense...
View ArticleNational Poetry Month Day 1: Cynthia Cruz
GUIDEBOOKS FOR THE DEADAnd the enchantmentof children’s hospitals.Somewhere there is a god,I swear.Someone must bein charge.What is the word, again,in SpanishFor useless? SELF PORTRAIT IN BLUE SÉANCE...
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First, National Poetry Month at The Rumpus continues with Paula Bohince’s “The Flint River” and Adam McGovern’s “Perseid meteors, 2015.”Meanwhile, the inimitable Brandon Hicks illustrates the...
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How The End Begins by Cynthia Cruz
Cynthia Cruz’s fourth collection, How The End Begins, is a swirling book of short, vivid poems on similar themes. In fact, it’s really one long poem, divided into many sections. The sections frequently...
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First, in the Saturday Interview, Penny Perkins speaks with Ramona Ausubel about Ausubel’s latest novel, Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty, her previous collections, and “the ways that stories...
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Notable NYC: 11/26–12/2
Saturday 11/26: Sarah Kay, Maeve Higgins, Phil Kaye, and Mark Doss read for refugees, as part of the Festival to Improve the World. The Wild Project, 4 p.m., $10. Monday 11/28: Jason Diamond launches...
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Notable NYC: 10/28–11/3
Saturday 10/28: Greg Ames reads from the story collection Funeral Platter. Powerhouse Arena, 6 p.m., free. Safia Elhillo and Rami Karim join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday 10/29:...
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Notable NYC: 9/8–9/14
Saturday 9/8: Christine H. Lee, Dennis Norris II, and Ivelisse Rodriguez join SLICE Literary for a live exquisite corpse reading. Powerhouse Arena, 6:30 p.m., free. Uche Nduka presents Living in...
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Notable NYC: 1/26–2/1
Saturday 1/26: Mary Boo Anderson, Hratch Arbach, James Cañón, Mina Hamedi, Naomi Falk, Jason Koo, and Kate Olsson join the Unpublishable reading series. Powerhouse Arena, 7:00 p.m., free. Emmanuel...
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Notable NYC: 4/20–4/26
Saturday 4/20: Andrea Abi-Karam, Neon, Gia Gonzales, and Samuel Ace celebrate Extratransmission. McNally Jackson – SoHo, 7 p.m., free. Krystal Languell and Stephon Lawrence join the Segue Series. Zinc...
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