Last week I misquoted W. H. Auden in this space. I could confirm the correct quote for you if only I could find my Collected edition of Auden’s poems. That…
I just finished watching the first segment of PBS NewsHour’s poetry series featuring US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey that aired last night. The segment focused on how poetry and language…
I wasn't thinking about the Syrian Civil War and the US's possible involvement in it when I chose Kerry James Evans's debut collection, Bangalore , for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club
We live in a world where whenever the discussion turns to humanitarian assistance or military intervention what is meant by that is American assistance and American intervention. There are good…