Lines of Defense by Stephen Dunn
Damon Marbut reviews Stephen Dunn's Lines of Defense today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Collected Poems of W. S. Merwin
Patrick James Dunagan reviews The Collected Poems of W. S. Merwin today in Rumpus Poetry.
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: 10 Things Successful Poets Do
Over on Lifehack, there’s one of those smarmy little lists to help you better yourself called 10 Things Positive People Don’t Do. Enjoy. Reading it got me thinking. What are 10 things…
door of thin skins by Shira Dentz
Nicole Walker reviews Shira Dentz's door of thin skins today in Rumpus Poetry.
How do you dramatise writing poetry?
The Economist blog has a Q&A with John Krokidas, the writer/director of Kill Your Darlings, a film about Ginsberg, Kerouac, and Carr.
The Gorgeous Nothings by Emily Dickinson
Camden Avery reviews Emily Dickinson's The Gorgeous Nothings today in Rumpus Poetry.
Becoming a Poetry Genius
Howard Ramsey II discusses what becoming a Poetry Genius entails and how that process relates to the digital humanities in an essay on Poetry Genius, a sister site of Rap…
The Mining Camps of the Mouth by George Kalamaras
David Peak reviews George Kalamaras's The Mining Camps of the Mouth today in Rumpus Poetry.
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: A New Poetry Emerges from Iran
If war is a defeat for poetry, what is diplomacy? Like poetry, diplomacy involves craft and discretion, finesse and poise, skill and subtlety. It requires canniness, deliberation, presence of mind,…
Barbara Berman’s 2nd Annual Holiday Book Column
I love it when well known people agree with me, especially when they time it to go with a piece I am working on. Super-agent Andrew Wylie did just that,…