Sisterhood by Julie Enszer
Julie Marie Wade reviews Julie Enszer’s Sisterhood today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Year of the Rooster by Noah Eli Gordon
Julie Marie Wade reviews Noah Eli Gordon’s The Year of the Rooster today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Rumpus Interview with Maureen Seaton
Maureen Seaton sits down to discuss queering poetry, collaborating on collections, vacillating between literary genres, and why Audre Lorde’s “Uses of the Erotic” is at the top of her credos.
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Body Thesaurus by Jennifer Militello
Julie Marie Wade reviews Jennifer Militello’s Body Thesaurus today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Swamp Isthmus by Joshua Marie Wilkinson
Julie Marie Wade reviews Joshua Marie Wilkinson’s Swamp Ishmus today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Rumpus Interview with John Dufresne
John Dufresne writes his characters so well, renders them in such a vivid, three-dimensional way, because of [his] genuine affection for people. He is fascinated by human beings—who we are, what we do, and why…
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Hymn for the Black Terrific by Kiki Petrosino
Julie Marie Wade reviews Kiki Petrosino’s Hymn for the Black Terrific
Bully Pulpit by Kim Bridgford
Julie Marie Wade reviews Kim Bridgford’s Bully Pulpit today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Rumpus Interview with Denise Duhamel
Poet Denise Duhamel talks about form, inspiration sparked by pole-dancing dolls and movies, and the art of constructing prose poems to fit on Venetian blinds.
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The Switching Yard by Jan Beatty
Julie Marie Wade reviews Jan Beatty’s The Switching Yard today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Theophobia by Bruce Beasley
Julie Marie Wade reviews Bruce Beasley’s Theophobia today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Looking For the Gulf Motel by Richard Blanco
Julie Marie Wade reviews Richard Blanco’s Looking For the Gulf Motel today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Butch Geography by Stacey Waite
Of all the stunning epigraphs Stacey Waite includes in Butch Geography—insights from William Carlos Williams and Judith Butler and Virginia Woolf—the most memorable and significant to me is the Japanese proverb which marks the second of the book’s four sections: The reverse side also has a reverse side.
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