National Poetry Month Day 24: Laura Da’
We celebrate National Poetry Month with new poems daily, illustrating a variety of voices and perspectives in contemporary poetry.
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Jonathan Silverman is the author of Nine Choices:Johnny Cash and American Culture (University of Massachusetts Press, 2010). He is an associate professor of English at University of Massachusetts Lowell. He recently served as a Fulbright Roving Scholar in American Studies in Norway.
Presence: The Heartspeak of Indigenous Poets: Laura Da’
Tanaya Winder curates exclusive poetry to celebrate Native American Heritage Month.
The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Pain Scale Treaties
Perched on the shoulders of generational trauma sit these two theses: suffering begets cruelty begets suffering begets cruelty, and pain is empathy’s catalyst.