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The Last Poem I Loved: She Had Some Horses by Joy Harjo

  • Julie Morse
  • December 28, 2012
Reading my own poetry feels like looking into a blurred old mirror at an antique shop. I can’t tell if I look good or pale and pasty. I can’t figure…
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“Collected Poems” by Jack Kerouac

  • Joe Winkler
  • December 28, 2012
You know Jack Kerouac. Everyone knows Jack Kerouac. Father of the Beat generation, though he disliked that label, author of the free thinkers bible On the Road, culture maker, lover…
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“Babel’s Moon” by Brandon Som

  • Natalie Eilbert
  • December 26, 2012
In the 2000 Chinese film, In the Mood for Love, an ancient story is shared that portends to secrets: if you have a burning secret, you must take it to…
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  • Peter Orner
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The Lonely Voice #21: So Long Adobe Books

  • Peter Orner
  • December 24, 2012
Another bookstore closes and San Francisco yawns. But Adobe Books on 16th Street, between Valencia and Guerrero isn’t another bookstore. It is a haven, a port for lonely souls, readers.
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Lit-Link Round-up

  • Gina Frangello
  • December 23, 2012
Lauren Cerand, Penina Roth, Michelle Orange and a host of interesting others make Flavorwire’s “50 Up-and-Coming New York Culture Makers.” Speaking of up-and-coming, the always-provocative Laura Bogart’s “The Curse of…
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“To Keep Love Blurry” by Craig Morgan Teicher

  • Maya Catherine Popa
  • December 22, 2012
Craig Morgan Teicher’s third collection To Keep Love Blurry calls attention to our formal and confessional roots in giants such as Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath, and Robert Frost. Teicher’s wife,…
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Our Andromeda by Brenda Shaughnessy

  • Rebecca Farivar
  • December 21, 2012
In her new collection, Our Andromeda, Brenda Shaughnessy presents emotions at their most bare in experiences both familiar and alien—and alien sometimes in a literal sense as the speakers regularly…
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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: Poetry and the Newtown Massacre

  • David Biespiel
  • December 19, 2012
Last week I had intended to take a quick Christmastime breather from writing Poetry Wire until the beginning of next year. Then on Friday came the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.…
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Charms Against Lightning by James Arthur

  • Alex Estes
  • December 19, 2012
The debut collection of poetry might just deserve its own taxon in the categorizing of literary contributions. One can almost picture beneath the heading of ‘Debuts’ a series of subheadings…
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A Rumpus Book Club Special Offer/Update

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • December 18, 2012
Let’s say that some months we wind up with an extra copy or two of our Book Club or Poetry Book Club selections. And let’s also say that, after a…
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Poetry Wire: Remembering Jake Adam York, 1972-2012

  • David Biespiel
  • December 17, 2012
The Rumpus mourns the passing of Jake Adam York. We have here collected together some tributes and memories from his friends and fellow writers. We send our condolences to Jake's friends and family.
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Today, Enough

  • Roxane Gay
  • December 14, 2012
We are crying out for change, for a mental health care system that can truly help the people who soothe their inner torment by reaching for weapons of such destruction. We are crying out for gun control laws that, at the very least, make it more difficult for such tragedies to occur.
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