When I Was Straight by Julie Marie Wade
Julie Enszer reviews Julie Marie Wade's When I Was Straight today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Last Book of Poems I Loved: Sleeping With the Dictionary by Harryette Mullen
No one writes poems like [Harryette] Mullen. And if Mullen’s poems teach us anything about the larger context of making poems, the lesson might be that no one should write poems like her.
American Chew by Matthew Lippman
Michael Klein reviews Matthew Lippman's American Chew today in Rumpus Poetry.
In the Low Houses by Heather Dobbins
Caitlin Mackenzie reviews Heather Dobbins's In the Low Houses today in Rumpus Poetry.
Sun Bear by Matthew Zapruder
Kent Shaw reviews Matthew Zapruder's Sun Bear today in Rumpus Poetry.
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: The Poet’s Journey: Chapter 5
There's a unitary circulation between poet and reader. The poet dwells in the gap between dream and waking, and the reader is offered entryway to become alive and enlivened.
The Pedestrians by Rachel Zucker
Jeannine Hall Gailey reviews Rachel Zucker's the pedestrians today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Feel Trio by Fred Moten
Patrick James Dunagan reviews Fred Moten's The Feel Trio today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Keetje Kuipers
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Keetje Kuipers about her new book The Keys to the Jail, alter egos, landscapes, political poems, and how the fictionalized and the real inhabit the same space.
The Glacier’s Wake by Katy Didden
Nick Morrissey reviews Katy Didden's The Glacier's Wake today in Rumpus Poetry.
Cult Classic: Richard Siken’s Crush
It is a world where camp has replaced art. There is something safe and comforting in the smallness of this world; it is a world we recognize.
Reckless Lovely by Martha Silano
Molly Sutton Kiefer reviews Martha Silano's Reckless Lovely today in Rumpus Poetry.