The Mining Camps of the Mouth by George Kalamaras
David Peak reviews George Kalamaras's The Mining Camps of the Mouth today in Rumpus Poetry.
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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: A New Poetry Emerges from Iran
If war is a defeat for poetry, what is diplomacy? Like poetry, diplomacy involves craft and discretion, finesse and poise, skill and subtlety. It requires canniness, deliberation, presence of mind,…
Barbara Berman’s 2nd Annual Holiday Book Column
I love it when well known people agree with me, especially when they time it to go with a piece I am working on. Super-agent Andrew Wylie did just that,…
A Brighter Word than Bright: Keats at Work By Dan Beachy-Quick
Patrick James Dunagan reviews Dan Beachy-Quick's A Brighter Word than Bright: Keats at Work today in Rumpus Poetry.
Video Poetry: The Third Form
Erica Goss evaluates book trailers for poetry collections over on Connotation Press’ site in a series on video poetry.
People on Sunday by Geoffrey G. O’Brien
Kent Shaw reviews Geoffrey G. O'Brien's People on Sunday today in Rumpus Poetry.
Stealing Sugar From the Castle: Selected Poems 1950–2013 by Robert Bly
Damon Ferrell Marbut reviews Robert Bly's Stealing Sugar From the Castle: Selected Poems 1950 - 2013" today in Rumpus Poetry.
Miss Plastique by Lynn Levin
Antonia Clark reviews Lynn Levin's Miss Plastique today in Rumpus Poetry.
Imagematic Writing
Screenwriter Scott Myers explains how closely poetry relates to screenwriting over on his Go Into the Story blog.
Contrapuntal by Christopher Kondrich
Connor Fisher reviews Christopher Kondrich's Contrapuntal today in Rumpus Poetry.
Virtual Seminars: Reed, Hayes, & Trethewey
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) sponsored program at University of Kansas, Don’t Deny My Voice: Reading and Teaching African American Poetry, hosts virtual seminars with poets Nikki Giovanni, Terrance Hayes,…