David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: Midnight in the Century
...today’s poetry apologists for the Iraq war just keep repeating their intelligence error odes. Wouldn’t it be better, however, if they would address the horror of the failed effort in Iraq?
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One Thousand Things Worth Knowing by Paul Muldoon
Ann Van Buren reviews Paul Muldoon's One Thousand Things Worth Knowing today in Rumpus Poetry.
River House by Sally Keith
Jessie Carty reviews Sally Keith's River House today in Rumpus Poetry.
Pelvis With Distance by Jessica Jacobs
Julie Marie Wade reviews Jessica Jacobs' Pelvis With Distance today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Honorée Jeffers
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Honorée Fannone Jeffers about her new book The Glory Gets, vision poems, and writing about race.
The Well Speaks of its Own Poison by Maggie Smith
Diana Whitney reviews Maggie Smith's The Well Speaks of its Own Poison today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Uses of the Body by Deborah Landau
Tess Johnson reviews Deborah Landau's The Uses of the Body today in Rumpus Poetry.
Excerpts from a Secret Prophecy by Joanna Klink
Anna Ziering reviews Joanna Klink's Excerpts From a Secret Prophecy today in Rumpus Poetry.
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: Brief Inner Happiness
Writing requires sustained attention to what figures, disfigures, and refigures our imaginations and includes a vision that takes every experience into account.
Untended Garden by Grant Hier
Jeff Lennon reviews Grant Hier's Untended Garden today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Anne Marie Macari
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Anne Marie Macari about her new book Red Deer, how to write simplicity with depth and mystery, and the sacred feminine.
Fanny Says by Nickole Brown
Julie Marie Wade reviews Nickole Brown's Fanny Says today in Rumpus Poetry.