At the Intersection of Personal and Political: Resistance, Rebellion, Life: 50 Poems Now edited by Amit Majmudar
American writers have a long, distinguished history of calling out injustice.
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Barbara Berman
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Barbara Berman's poetry collection, Currents, has just been published by Three Mile Harbor Press.
Controlled Burns: Meadowland Take My Hand by Pamela Hughes
It's old news that there’s poetry in decomposition, but welcome news that Jersey has such an astutely musical young voice.
We Have Met the Maelstrom, and It Is Us: Dean Rader’s Self-Portrait as a Wikipedia Entry
Umbrellas are flimsy shelters from the maelstrom, and Rader keeps going because he can’t stop.
Said Not Said by Fred Marchant
We have met the enemy on a raft of our own dead, and the enemy is us. Is it any wonder so many poets and others engaged with the arts are also devoted to exploring science?
Of Poetry and Protest and Monticello In Mind
Barbara Berman reviews Of Poetry and Protest: From Emmitt Till to Trayvon Martin and Monticello In Mind: Fifty Contemporary Poems on Jefferson today in Rumpus Poetry.
Barbara Berman’s 2016 Holiday Poetry Shout-Out
Barbara Berman offers suggestions for your poetry and poetics holiday gift-giving needs.
Catechism New and Selected Poems by Antje Katcher
Barbara Berman reviews Antje Katcher's Catechism New and Selected Poems today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Collected Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay
Barbara Berman reviews Selected Poems of Edna St Vincent Millay today in Rumpus Poetry.
Collected Poems 1974-2004 by Rita Dove
Barbara Berman reviews Rita Dove's Collected Poems 1974-2004 today in Rumpus Poetry.
Widening Income Inequality by Frederick Seidel
Barbara Berman reviews Frederick Seidel's Widening Income Inequality today in Rumpus Poetry.
Poetry As Enchantment by Dana Gioia
Barbara Berman reviews Dana Gioia's Poetry As Enchantment today in Rumpus Poetry.
All the Poems by Stevie Smith
Barbara Berman reviews Stevie Smith's All the Poems today in Rumpus Poetry.