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,…
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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.
Imagematic Writing
Screenwriter Scott Myers explains how closely poetry relates to screenwriting over on his Go Into the Story blog.
Contrapuntal by Christopher Kondrich
Connor Fisher reviews Christopher Kondrich's Contrapuntal today in Rumpus Poetry.
FUNNY WOMEN #110: Ten Billion Tips to Becoming a Better Writer
There are a lot of writing tips out there, but here’s a comprehensive list from someone who’s been “there.”