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Black Square by Tadeusz Dąbrowski

To say the least, the speaker in the collection works hard to figure himself out in relation to philosophical, religious, and spiritual matters, and while some American readers may find such a project quaint, naïve, or retro, it holds power because the speaker, no matter his tone or particular mood, remains piercingly perceptive and unabashedly honest.

Paradise, Indiana by Bruce Snider

It’s gratifying that Bruce Snider dwells in the past without so much as a hint of nostalgia, that he offers up both the beauty and devastation of small-town Indiana.

I Am Your Slave Now Do What I Say by Anthony Madrid

If this collection didn’t have one again questioning the origin and provenance of poetry (other than the intellect or empirical self), the poems would be getting short shrift.

Madness, Rack, and Honey by Mary Ruefle

Madness, Rack, and Honey is a gift from a rigorous intellect, unflinching critic, and a big old sloppy heart. Ruefle has created a work of poetry from the daunting task of writing about it.

Citizen by Aaron Shurin

Aaron Shurin writes piercingly lovely poetry that ‘s multidimensional and insists on being read aloud, though its eloquence is equally powerful on the page without sound...

The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Rowan Ricardo Phillips

The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Rowan Ricardo Phillips about his poetry collection The Ground.

Across the Land and the Water by W. G. Sebald

In Sebald’s Across the Land and Water, the theme is clear. In these collections, we have named men and women (names) traveling, staying in hotels, unanchored, exiled and lost, seemingly forever, from their home.

Long Division by Alan Michael Parker

Parker’s voice is so singular and strong that I don’t question it, even when it relies on wit, and in return, Parker rewards me for following him when I least expect it.

The Poems That Let You In: A Special Rumpus Invitation

In honor of summer and poetic adventures The Rumpus Poetry Book Club is doing something special this evening. We’re opening tonight’s online Rumpus Poetry Book Club chat with Allan Peterson to everyone who’d like to come.

An Individual History by Michael Collier

Collier’s poems refuse to submit to a culture that has come to hold the individual suspect or in contempt. Many offer poignant but unsentimental family portraits made with vivid detail, with images that are remembered, hence recovered and immortalized.

Percussion Grenade by Joyelle McSweeney

McSweeney asks us to inhabit the conflicting edges of that reality, mouthing the power and joy that come with degeneracy.

Double Shadow by Carl Phillips

Double Shadow seems to find the poet at mid-breath, or in a time of transition where the voice may be in flux from previous work; but the watchful eye, and the careful hand that crafts these verses, is still ever-present.

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