Poetry
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Soul in Space by Noelle Kocot
Diego Báez reviews Noelle Kocot’s Soul in Space today in Rumpus Poetry.
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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: Reading My Hate Mail
Every since I wrote this weekend with the news that I’m stepping down, after 11 years, as a columnist on poetry for my local paper, I’ve received some very nice farewells. I mean, very nice. One woman wrote me to…
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No Crying in the Barbershop: A Conversation with Lisa Russ-Spaar and Zayne Turner
Her Kind, a literary community powered by VIDA: Women in Literary Arts chose hair as its September theme. Lisa Russ-Spaar and Zayne Turner’s conversation on the site responded to the question “Why do we care so much about hair?”
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A Symposium on Revenge
The Threepenny Review’s Fall 2013 issue includes a section called “A Symposium on Revenge” with selections by Geoff Dyer, Robert Pinsky, James Lasdun, Adam Phillips, and Louise Glück. Threepenny, so lovingly, made Glück’s essay available online
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Companion Grasses by Brian Teare
Patrick James Dunagan reviews Brian Teare’s Companion Grasses today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Solecism by Rosebud Ben-Oni
Kristina Marie Darling reviews Rosebud Ben-Oni’s Solecism today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Thoughts on the Creative Process
Geffrey Davis has a post up on The Head & The Hand about how boxing influences his writing process.
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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: Moderate Giftedness
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 book, for some reason, has fled the shelf. God knows…
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Swamp Isthmus by Joshua Marie Wilkinson
Julie Marie Wade reviews Joshua Marie Wilkinson’s Swamp Ishmus today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Petrarchan by Kristina Marie Darling
Marisa Siegel reviews Kristina Marie Darling’s Petrarchan today in Rumpus Poetry.
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PBS NewsHour’s Poetry Series: Where Poetry Lives
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 have enhanced the quality of life for dementia patients and…
