Notable Chicago: 4/19–4/25
Friday 4/19: Volumes Bookcafe hosts irish trees: A Celebration of Eileen Myles with featured readers Megan Pietz, Amanda Rozmer, Anna McColgan, and Chris Rife. 7 p.m., free. Saturday 4/20: Briallen...
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Eve L. Ewing
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Eve L. Ewing about her latest collection, 1919 (Haymarket Books, June 2019), the histories we don’t get taught, how kids make the poetry canon, books as visual...
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What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Black History
It’s Black History Month, and while The Rumpus celebrates writing by black artists year-round, we think it is especially important to share a list of work written exclusively by black writers this...
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What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Women’s History
March is Women’s History Month, and while we celebrate women year-round at The Rumpus, we wanted to share a list of books written exclusively by women and genderqueer authors this month. We asked our...
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Subtext Rising to the Surface: A Conversation with Matthew Olzmann
In January 2019, I attended the Beloved Poems Panel at the Palm Beach Poetry Festival where I heard Matthew Olzmann speak, in his wise and gentle way, about Lucille Clifton’s poem, “note passed to...
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What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Mothers
It is not an easy time to be a mother. With children out of school indefinitely, mothers are performing even more work inside our homes—we are now teachers, nurses, coaches, and more, alongside our day...
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What to Read When You Need to Understand Structural Inequity
We urge you to care forever, not in infamous murders, not in our broken record, but forever, as a disruption that is united, and singular, a resistance and protest of the one self. We urge you, dear...
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What to Read When: A Holiday Book-Gifting Guide
’Tis the season to be gifting! We’ve asked our editors to give us their favorite books to gift to friends and family—from recent 2020 releases to longtime literary loves. From books to keep us company...
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What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Black History
It’s Black History Month, and while The Rumpus celebrates writing by Black artists year-round, we think it is especially important to share a list of work written exclusively by Black writers each...
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What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Women’s History
March is Women’s History Month, and while we celebrate women’s history year-round at The Rumpus, we wanted to share a list of books written exclusively by women and genderqueer authors this month. We...
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