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The Darkening Trapeze by Larry Levis

  • Allison Donohue
  • April 16, 2016
Allison Donohue reviews Larry Levis's The Darkening Trapeze today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Saturday Rumpus Interview: Jay Deshpande

  • K.T. Billey
  • April 16, 2016
I try to make sure no one’s around when I talk out loud to books.
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National Poetry Month Day 15: Tara Mae Mulroy

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  • April 15, 2016
Rituals Since crows are smarter than they need to be, she calls them from the sky to inspect her work. They say, “Hood the eyes.”
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Stay by Kathleen McGookey

  • Jessie Carty
  • April 15, 2016
Jessie Carty reviews Kathleen McGookey's Stay today in Rumpus Poetry.
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National Poetry Month Day 14: Khadijah Queen

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  • April 14, 2016
Allen Iverson used to hang out at a nightclub in Virginia Beach when I was stationed in Norfolk & all the so-called gold diggers came out to see & be…
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Jen Fitzgerald’s Poetry Mixtape #2: Poets on Poetry and Art

  • Jen Fitzgerald
  • April 13, 2016
I’m spending National Poetry Month at the Millay Colony, former home of Edna St. Vincent Millay. My colleague and friend, poet and writer Jen Fitzgerald, will be writing the Mixtape…
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National Poetry Month Day 13: Rita Mae Reese

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  • April 13, 2016
Another Funeral in WV –After Adrienne Rich Aunt Kay’s tigers were never in a tapestry and were really just some prescriptions and a tabby that she called Baby. Baby bit…
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Trouble the Water by Derrick Austin

  • Julie Marie Wade
  • April 13, 2016
Julie Marie Wade reviews Derrick Austin's Trouble the Water today in Rumpus Poetry.
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First Books After Forty: Michael Morse and Robin Beth Schaer in Conversation

  • Michael Morse and Robin Beth Schaer
  • April 12, 2016
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National Poetry Month Day 12: Oliver Bendorf

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  • April 12, 2016
For today’s installment, we’re pleased to offer three comic poems from Oliver Bendorf. Or perhaps it’s more correct to say they’re poem-comics. Enjoy!
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National Poetry Month Day 11: Keetje Kuipers

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  • April 11, 2016
Teaching Day Aubade This anxious spring, two of my students become lovers, and on Tuesday evenings I walk home after class
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National Poetry Month Day 10: Amaud Johnson

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  • April 10, 2016
Or Idolator: Another Epitaph for Nino your side chick has car trouble. she has a light bill with an open mouth. she eats finger sandwiches or fettuccini alfredo, and keeps…
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