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Barbara Berman
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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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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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Barbara Berman’s 2016 Holiday Poetry Shout-Out
Barbara Berman offers suggestions for your poetry and poetics holiday gift-giving needs.
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Catechism New and Selected Poems by Antje Katcher
Barbara Berman reviews Antje Katcher’s Catechism New and Selected Poems today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Collected Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay
Barbara Berman reviews Selected Poems of Edna St Vincent Millay today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Collected Poems 1974-2004 by Rita Dove
Barbara Berman reviews Rita Dove’s Collected Poems 1974-2004 today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Widening Income Inequality by Frederick Seidel
Barbara Berman reviews Frederick Seidel’s Widening Income Inequality today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Poetry As Enchantment by Dana Gioia
Barbara Berman reviews Dana Gioia’s Poetry As Enchantment today in Rumpus Poetry.
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All the Poems by Stevie Smith
Barbara Berman reviews Stevie Smith’s All the Poems today in Rumpus Poetry.