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Brian Spears

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Brian Spears is Senior Poetry Editor of The Rumpus and the author of A Witness in Exile (Louisiana Literature Press, 2011). His poem “Upon Reading That Andromeda Will One Day Devour Triangulum and Come For Us Next” was featured in Season 9 of Motion Poems.
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Why I Chose Ilya Kaminsky’s Deaf Republic for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club

  • Brian Spears
  • January 14, 2019
What we’re reading in our Poetry Book Club next month!
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Why I Chose Hala Alyan’s The Twenty-Ninth Year for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club

  • Brian Spears
  • December 12, 2018
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Why I Chose Sally Wen Mao’s Oculus for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club

  • Brian Spears
  • November 15, 2018
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Why I Chose Marwa Helal’s Invasive species for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club

  • Brian Spears
  • October 11, 2018
A look at November's Poetry Book Club selection. Subscribe today!
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Why I Chose Natasha Trethewey’s Monument for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club

  • Brian Spears
  • September 11, 2018
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Why I Chose Kyle Dargan’s Anagnorisis for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club

  • Brian Spears
  • August 16, 2018
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Why I Chose José Olivarez’s Citizen Illegal for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club

  • Brian Spears
  • July 16, 2018
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Why I Chose Terrance Hayes’s American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club

  • Brian Spears
  • May 15, 2018
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Why I Chose Peter Mishler’s Fludde for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club

  • Brian Spears
  • April 16, 2018
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Why I Chose Justin Phillip Reed’s Indecency for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club

  • Brian Spears
  • March 16, 2018
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Why I Chose Shara Lessley’s The Explosive Expert’s Wife for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club

  • Brian Spears
  • February 16, 2018
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Why I Chose Registers of Illuminated Villages for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club

  • Brian Spears
  • January 15, 2018
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