Body Thesaurus by Jennifer Militello
Julie Marie Wade reviews Jennifer Militello's Body Thesaurus today in Rumpus Poetry.
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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: When JFK Read Poetry
Not that one needs an excuse such as the imminent threat of nuclear armageddon to read poetry, but the early 1960s might have been a good time to turn to…
Coming Close: Forty Essays About Philip Levine Edited by Edited by Mari L’esperance & Tomas Q Morin
Barbara Berman reviews Coming Close: Forty Essaya About Philip Levine today in Rumpus Poetry.
We Lack in Equipment & Control by Jennifer Fortin
Wesley Rothman reviews Jennifer Fortin's We Lack In Equipment & Control today in Rumpus Poetry.
Poets’ Roundtable on Person and Persona
Lynn Melnick is moderating a discussion on person and persona in poetry on the Los Angeles Review of Books’ site.
When My Brother Was an Aztec by Natalie Diaz
Ryan Teitman reviews Natalie Diaz's When My Brother Was an Aztec today in Rumpus Poetry.
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: The Art of Communion
There comes a time in the process of writing a poem when you find yourself putting the reader’s interests and desires ahead of your own as the poet. Not that…
He Looked Beyond My Faults and Saw My Needs by Leonard Gontarek
A. V. Christie reviews Leonard Gontarek's He Looked Beyond My Faults and Saw My Needs today in Rumpus Poetry.
X Marks the Dress: A Registry by Kristina Marie Darling and Carol Guess
Rebecca Hazelton reviews X Marks the Dress: A Registry by Kristina Marie Darling and Carol Guess today in Rumpus Poetry.
Render / An Apocalypse by Rebecca Gayle Howell
Roberto Carlos Garcia reviews Rebecca Gayle Howell's Render: An Apocalypse today in Rumpus Poetry.
A Request to the Poetry Foundation
As I hope you already know, lots of writers live in less than ideal economic circumstances. Many are self-employed or under-employed, and even with the PPACA (also known as Obamacare)…