The Mining Camps of the Mouth by George Kalamaras
David Peak reviews George Kalamaras's The Mining Camps of the Mouth today in Rumpus Poetry.
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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: A New Poetry Emerges from Iran
If war is a defeat for poetry, what is diplomacy? Like poetry, diplomacy involves craft and discretion, finesse and poise, skill and subtlety. It requires canniness, deliberation, presence of mind,…
Swinging Modern Sounds #52: Chris Abrahams Riffs
There are not so many great bands anymore, not like there once were. But there's still Australian experimental jazz trio the Necks.
Lit-Link Round-up
Here it is: the NYTimes 100 Notable Books. The Times Literary Supplement includes Rick Whitaker’s An Honest Ghost, published by Seattle indie Jaded Ibis, among their Best Ofs. And an…
Barbara Berman’s 2nd Annual Holiday Book Column
I love it when well known people agree with me, especially when they time it to go with a piece I am working on. Super-agent Andrew Wylie did just that,…
A Brighter Word than Bright: Keats at Work By Dan Beachy-Quick
Patrick James Dunagan reviews Dan Beachy-Quick's A Brighter Word than Bright: Keats at Work today in Rumpus Poetry.
Video Poetry: The Third Form
Erica Goss evaluates book trailers for poetry collections over on Connotation Press’ site in a series on video poetry.
People on Sunday by Geoffrey G. O’Brien
Kent Shaw reviews Geoffrey G. O'Brien's People on Sunday today in Rumpus Poetry.
Stealing Sugar From the Castle: Selected Poems 1950–2013 by Robert Bly
Damon Ferrell Marbut reviews Robert Bly's Stealing Sugar From the Castle: Selected Poems 1950 - 2013" today in Rumpus Poetry.
Dispatch from the Carnival #2: The Snake Charmer
Sideshows themselves are a place where people come to see a public display of their private fears. Fear of deformity, of a disruption of the gender binary, of mutation, of disfigurement, of a crossover with the animal world, of being out of proportion.
Lit-Link Round-up
Flavorwire’s 50 Books that define the last 5 years in literature. It’s a hell of a list. If you’re getting online for the first time in a week, National Book…
Miss Plastique by Lynn Levin
Antonia Clark reviews Lynn Levin's Miss Plastique today in Rumpus Poetry.