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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 ArticleThe Well Speaks of its Own Poison by Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith’s second full-length collection is a both a warning and an enchantment. Drawn from the Brothers Grimm and Hispanic folktales, the ominous, magical poems in The Well Speaks of Its Own...
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This Week in Essays
At Nowhere, Alia Volz takes a long-shot journey to Cuba to tie up loose ends. For Guernica, Katherina Grace Thomas writes about that time Nina Simone loved and left paradise. Here at The Rumpus,...
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Notable Online: 4/4–4/10
Sunday 4/4: Leslie Contreras Schwartz, Spencer Reece, Brad Richard, Grace Lau, Jennifer Franklin, and Matthew Lippman join guest host Kathleen Ossip for the Mercy Street Readings. Zoom, 7 p.m. EDT,...
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Notable Online: 4/11–4/17
Sunday 4/11: C. Dale Young, Erin Belieu, Shira Dentz, Keith Kopka, Noah Warren, and Catherine Pierce, with guest host Carrie Olivia Adams, join the Mercy Street Readings. Zoom, 7 p.m. EDT, $6 suggested...
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