The Rumpus Interview with Laura Mullen
Acclaimed poet and writer Laura Mullen talks about her new book, Complicated Grief, obsession, germ theory, and exposing the arbitrary and superficial protections that have failed us.
Poetry
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Poetry As Enchantment by Dana Gioia
Barbara Berman reviews Dana Gioia's Poetry As Enchantment today in Rumpus Poetry.
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: Defeat
It never occurred to me to try to write poems without the guidance of other poets and poems.
Ventriloquy by Athena Kildegaard
Wendy Chin-Tanner reviews Athena Kildegaard's Ventriloquy today in Rumpus Poetry.
Drink by Laura Madeline Wiseman
Christopher David Hopkins reviews Laura Madeline Wiseman's Drink today in Rumpus Poetry.
Listening to Tao Yuan Ming by Dennis Maloney
Julie Marie Wade reviews Dennis Maloney's Listening to Tao Yuan Ming today in Rumpus Poetry.
“Throw Something Down Hard Enough, You Discover Its Laws”
Maybe my faith that the profoundest feeling we're offered by art that really hits us deep in is a setting free, a series of screens or horizons obliterated somehow lovingly.
Gotta Go Gotta Flow by Patricia Smith and Michael Abramson
Alicia Swiz reviews Gotta Go Gotta Flow by Patricia Smith and Michael Abramson.
The Wise and Foolish Builders by Alexandra Teague
Allison Donohue reviews Alexandra Teague's The Wise and Foolish Builders today in Rumpus Poetry.
All the Poems by Stevie Smith
Barbara Berman reviews Stevie Smith's All the Poems today in Rumpus Poetry.
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: Texas Roses
It’s a matter of self-composition: Keep concentrating, type faster—take a breath and hold it—and do it again.
Vivas to Those Who Have Failed by Martín Espada
Ann van Buren reviews Martín Espada's Vivas to Those Who Have Failed today in Rumpus Poetry.