Recalculating by Charles Bernstein
Sean Singer reviews Charles Bernstein's Recalculating today in Rumpus Poetry.
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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: News of the Weird in Poetryland
New book reports postmodernists forced to write in rhyme and meter Exposing widespread abuses faced by beginning poets writing in postmodern verses, a new book titled “Between the Lines,” revealed…
Rare Footage of O’Hara, Ginsberg, Baraka Emerges
Yesterday, avant-garde cinema legend Jonas Mekas posted remarkable archival footage of Allen Ginsberg, Frank O’hara, Amiri Baraka (who still went by Leroi Jones), and Ray Bremser reading together in 1959.…
Eliot’s “Prufrock” Gets Comic Book Makeover
Let us go then, you and I… Montreal illustrator Julian Peters has just released the first nine-pages of his comic-book adaptation of T.S. Eliot’s classic poem, “The Love Song of…
Dear Beast Loveliness: Poems of the Body by Tim J. Myers
Damon Marbut reviews Tim J. Myers's Dear Beast Loveliness: Poems of the Body today in Rumpus Poetry.
Lit-Link Round-up
The most provocative piece I read this week: Anna March’s “Paternity Leave” over at The Weeklings. Which professions have the most psychopaths? Jessica Keener interviewed about her new collection, Women…
LAST BOOK I LOVED: THE DOG STARS
Elizabeth Stark tells us why Peter Heller's THE DOG STARS is the last book she loved.
Nostalgia for the Criminal Past by Kathleen Winter
Josh Cook reviews Kathleen Winters's Nostalgia for the Criminal Past today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Last Book I Loved: nineties by Lucy Ives
Our parents showed up to retrieve us. They wanted to know why we would do such a thing. My friend and I looked at each other and just shrugged our shoulders.
The November Rumpus Book Club Roundup
Most of the time at the Rumpus Book Clubs we get books 3-4 weeks before everyone else does. It’s one of the best reasons to join, along with the opportunity…
“This Is Just To Say I’m a Zombie” by David Hernandez
Happy Halloween from Rumpus Poetry, where we're pleased to offer you this take on William Carlos Williams's "This is just to say" by David Hernandez.