Why I Chose Gregory Orr’s River Inside the River for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club
But grace is what I found in River Inside the River. Grace in abundance.
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Posts by: Camille T. Dungy
Why I Chose Camille Guthrie’s Articulated Lair for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club
These poems are not traps, but safe spaces with doors inside them.
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Why I Chose Cleopatra Mathis’s “Book of Dog” for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club
Camille T. Dungy on why she selected Book of Dog by Cleopatra Mathis for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club in November.
...moreWhy I Chose Linda Hogan’s Indios for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club
Rumpus Poetry Book Club Board Member Camille Dungy on why she chose Linda Hogan’s Indios as March’s selection.
Why I Chose Bear, Diamonds and Crane
Rumpus Poetry Club Board Member Camille T. Dungy on why she chose Claire Kageyama-Ramakrishnan’s Bear, Diamonds and Crane as the October selection of The Rumpus Poetry Book Club:
Why I Chose Kingdom Animalia
Rumpus Poetry Club Board Member Camille T. Dungy on why she chose Aracelis Girmay’s Kingdom Animalia as the August selection of The Rumpus Poetry Book Club:
Why I Chose Fall Higher
Rumpus Poetry Club Board Member Camille Dungy on why she chose Dean Young’s Fall Higher as the April selection of The Rumpus Poetry Book Club:
Why I Chose Things Come On
Rumpus Poetry Club Board Member Camille Dungy on why she chose Joseph Harrington’s Things Come On as the March selection of The Rumpus Poetry Book Club.
Devastation. Conflation. Preoccupation. Disintegration. Joseph Harrington’s Things Come On (Wesleyan UP) is a book about loss; it’s also a book about what lingers.
...moreWhy I Chose Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s Lucky Fish for The Rumpus Poetry Book Club
Rumpus Poetry Club Board Member Camille Dungy on why she chose Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s Lucky Fish as the fifth selection of The Rumpus Poetry Book Club.
Why I Chose What I Chose, Ceiling of Sticks
Rumpus Poetry Book Club Advisory Board member Camille T. Dungy on why she chose Shane Book’s Ceiling of Sticks to be the group’s first selection.
If anyone were to accuse contemporary American poetry of being insular, self-involved and provincial, these complaints would be silenced by Shane Book’s Ceiling of Sticks
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