The Amazing Disappearing Woman Writer
To refuse to disappear at mid-life—I am forty-two as of the writing of this essay—is perhaps the best rebellion a woman poet can make to the literary world and to the world at large.
Poetry
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The Animal Too Big To Kill by Shane McCrae
Rigoberto González reviews Shane McCrae's The Animal Too Big to Kill today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Phillip B. Williams
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Phillip B. Williams about his new book Thief in the Interior, form in poetry, and balancing editing work with one's own.
Black Cat Bone by John Burnside
Brian McKenna reviews John Burnside's Black Cat Bone today in Rumpus Poetry.
Illocality by Joseph Massey
Ann van Buren reviews Joseph Massey's Illocality today in Rumpus Poetry.
In Plain Sight: The Vanishing of Ellen Bass
Putting her experiences into a broader context, [Bass] now saw, was essential to “creating openings for readers to enter her poems and for the poems to enter her readers.”
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: From the Earth to the Stars Part Two
Our understandings of our experiences are sometimes shapeless. Like shadows, they move on.
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Shane McCrae
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Shane McCrae about his new book The Animal Too Big to Kill, listening to music while writing, addressing God in poetry, and The Oak Ridge Boys.
The Glory Gets by Honorée Jeffers
Barbara Berman reviews Honorée Jeffers's The Glory Gets today in Rumpus Poetry.
Creature Feature by Ruth Foley
Jennifer MacBain-Stephens reviews Ruth Foley's Creature Feature today in Rumpus Poetry.