Notable Los Angeles: 4/20-4/26
Saturday 4/20: The L.A. Times Festival of Books is from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Rumpus will be there, sharing a booth with Tin House. Come say hi and…
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Links I Like
Does Twitter count as links? I’ve decided yes, it does. This week I felt grateful that I follow Saeed Jones and Thomas Page McBee. In “Into the Fold,” Thomas Page…
National Poetry Month Day 20: “Ruminations on cud from five of my fullest stomachs” by Matt Mauch
Ruminations on cud from five of my fullest stomachs
Lullaby (with Exit Sign) by Hadara Bar-Nadav
Tova Gardner reviews Hadara Bar-Nadav's Lullaby (with Exit Sign) today in Rumpus Poetry.
National Poetry Month Day 19: “The Sturdiness” by Sina Queyras
The Sturdiness For a long time I was thinking that I had to do more. The way a dancer looks away from the camera. I want to be a direct…
National Poetry Month Day 18: “b my apocalypse” by Laura Zaylea
b m y a p o c a l y p s e b m y a p o c a l y p s e
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: Boston Stands in a Sahara of Blood
“The old South Boston Aquarium stands / in a Sahara of snow now,” begins Robert Lowell’s masterpiece, “For the Union Dead,” a poem about race and class in Boston. To…
National Poetry Month Day 17: “Brandon Bryant: MQ-1 Predator Sensor Operator” by Jill McDonough
Brandon Bryant: MQ-1 Predator Sensor Operator He lives in Montana now. Talks to German magazines, plus Canadian radio shows. He coaches soccer, still has to tell us everything. How it…
Incarnadine by Mary Szybist
Kent Shaw reviews Mary Szybist's Incarnadine today in Rumpus Poetry.
Into the Fold
Shortly after yesterday’s bombing at the Boston Marathon, my Twitter feed was thick with Bostonians seeking and sharing information: Copley station was closed, cell lines jammed, marathoners meeting on the…
Stunned Silence
What wearies me is how often I have found myself stunned and silent in recent years. What especially wearies me is having such a finely honed vocabulary for tragedy.