Theophobia by Bruce Beasley
Julie Marie Wade reviews Bruce Beasley's Theophobia today in Rumpus Poetry.
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National Poetry Month
April Fools and the beginning of National Poetry Month? Seems like a killer day to us! [April 1] marks the start of National Poetry Month, the monthlong celebration of the verse…
FUNNY WOMEN #99: Modern Vice
We were tired of being good, so we decided to start sinning. We didn’t want to kill anybody or steal anything, so we stuck to modern vice.
National Poetry Month Day 2: “To Mercury, In Retrograde” by Randall Mann
To Mercury, In Retrograde This ointment isn’t helping. This clinic isn’t free. The nurse’s favorite movie is Penitentiary III.
Make Mine a Double Decker
San Francisco residents (or anyone amused by public transportation shenanigans) should look no further than Muni Diaries’s Five Best Muni Moments. Favorite: “a rider saw two guys selling Starbucks coffee beans…
Nick Cave Monday #29: “Avalanche”
Around the year of our Lord 1984, there were fans of The Birthday Party wandering aimless through the streets. Their post-punk gods vanished. But, just like a dude named Jesus,…
National Poetry Month Day 1: “To Find Stars In Another Language” by Elizabeth Bradfield
Elizabeth Bradfield wrote the first poem we published here on The Rumpus, so I’m pleased to have her kick off this year’s National Poetry Month project. Elizabeth’s poem is more…
Welcome to National Poetry Month 2013
This is the 5th(!) year that The Rumpus has done a National Poetry Month project, wherein we run a new, previously unpublished poem each day of the month (and sometimes…
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: Republican House Set to Banish Poets from America
“The subcommittee's bill breaks the promise that this country has made to poets”
Notable Los Angeles: 3/30-4/5
Saturday 3/30: Ronald K.L. Collins & David M. Skover presents and signs Mania: The Story of the Outraged and Outrageous Lives That Launched a Cultural Revolution. Free event. 4:00 p.m.…
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I received a letter from Seth Fischer and he sounded so happy. I laughed at this part of his letter: “How is your family? Your health? I want answers where you…
The Right Place to Jump by Peter Covino
Marisa Siegel reviews Peter Covino's The Right Place to Jump today in Rumpus Poetry.