Read Features & Reviews Poetry Reviews Rumpus Original Looking for Hymns of Seizure Catherine NicholsOctober 26, 2011 There is some of Rilke’s spiritual longing in Basil, expressed most frequently through agonizing bodies and food.Read
Features & Reviews Last Book I Loved Poetry The Last Book of Poetry I Loved: L.A. Liminal Lauren Eggert-CroweOctober 18, 2011 The week I decided to move to Los Angeles, I read a book of poetry by a woman who had lived there for four years, hated it, left it for…Read
Read Book Club Blog Poetry Rumpus Original The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Interviews Tracy K. Smith The Rumpus Book ClubJune 10, 2011 The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Tracy K. Smith about her collection Life on Mars/Read
Read Features & Reviews Last Book I Loved Poetry The Last Book I Loved: The Triggering Town Mary Pacifico CurtisMarch 23, 2011 When I read Richard Hugo’s “The Triggering Town” essay some years ago, I understood it intuitively and from my own experience of writing.Read
Book Club Blog Poetry Rumpus Original The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Noelle Kocot The Rumpus Book ClubMarch 17, 2011 The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Noelle Kocot about her collection The Bigger World.Read
Book Club Blog Poetry Rumpus Original The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Jena Osman The Rumpus Book ClubDecember 10, 2010 The Rumpus Poetry Book Club talks with Jena Osman about her collection The Network.Read
Read Book Club Blog Features & Reviews Poetry Rumpus Original The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Interviews Elizabeth Alexander The Rumpus Book ClubNovember 12, 2010 The Rumpus Poetry Book Club talks with Poet Laureate Elizabeth Alexander about her poetry collection, Crave Radiance.Read
Read Features & Reviews Poetry Reviews Rumpus Original Nothing Can Outlast Its Loss Barbara BermanAugust 18, 2010 [Nick Laird's] steps are sure, his undermusic and undercurrents consistently strong. On Purpose is a slim volume that contains multitudes.Read
Read Features & Reviews Poetry Reviews Rumpus Original Dead Ahead Sean SingerAugust 13, 2010 Doller’s facility with language, and his wheeling imagination, which pushes language into fresh directions, never ceases to delight the reader.Read
Poems Poetry “Eva” by Alison Stine Rumpus Original PoemsDecember 18, 2009 Only here would snow and low, pale / blossoms mix so easily, blowing foam / which tears at the window, then snuffs / itself out.Read
Poems Poetry “On Some Early Modern Artifacts” by Zach Savich Rumpus Original PoemsMay 20, 2009 The line you know best / Represents sadness. / That is your birthline.Read
Poetry Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears Brian SpearsMarch 8, 2009 Interesting conversation going on about a piece in the latest Poetry. Start here at Samizdat, then find further discussion at A Compulsive Reader, Exoskeleton (multiple posts–click around), and back to…Read