Poetry
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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: Pedagogy of the Oppressed
[Boston] was a map out of the damage of my self-awareness and into some new evidence of beauty.
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About That Kenny Goldsmith Piece in the New Yorker
We ran a blog post earlier today about Alec Wilkinson’s pretty crap piece about Kenny Goldsmith in the New Yorker which we characterized as “refreshingly even-handed.” That description is only accurate if you define even-handed as a several-thousand word tongue-bath in the…
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Bright Dead Things by Ada Limón
Linda Ashok reviews Ada Limón’s Bright Dead Things today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Last Poem I Loved: “On Turning Ten” by Billy Collins
I wish I could tell my daughter to please don’t leave her world. To stay where she is as long as she can.
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The Yellow Door by Amy Uyematsu
Jeannine Hall Gailey reviews Amy Uyematsu’s The Yellow Door today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Silent anatomies by Monica Ong
Kenji Liu reviews Monica Ong’s Silent Anatomies today in Rumpus Poetry.
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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: A Couple of Puzzles
This was the first pure poetry I ever knew. Sung out loud more or less to no one on a theme of longing. Wife. Sons. Rags. Snow. Stalks of corn.
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Swan Feast by Natalie Eilbert
Julie Marie Wade reviews Natalie Eilbert’s Swan Feast today in Rumpus Poetry.



