Great Pain, Great Pleasure: Here All Night, Nightshade, and Blazons
All three remind readers that what is imagined is not always real and the world is not as expected.
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Join NOW!All three remind readers that what is imagined is not always real and the world is not as expected.
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...moreThese poems are equal to the task of navigating illness and death, while celebrating the life that remains the morning after.
...moreA visitation is how I describe the past weeks walking with Gwendolyn Books. It is like she is just around every corner.
...moreJulie Enszer reviews Terese Svoboda’s Anything That Burns You: A Portrait of Lola Ridge, Radical Poet today in Rumpus Poetry.
...moreReprints are lost gems. A gorgeous semi-precious stone perhaps in an antiquated or garish setting. A ring at the flea market that sparkles and shines, waiting for someone to repackage it, offer it with a proposal, wear it anew.
...moreJulie Enszer reviews Chana Bloch’s Swimming in the Rain: New and Selected Poems 1980-2015 today in Rumpus Poetry.
...moreJulie Enszer reviews Ellen Bass’s Like a Beggar today in Rumpus Poetry.
...moreJulie Enszer reviews Julie Marie Wade’s When I Was Straight today in Rumpus Poetry.
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