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Rumpus Original Poetry: Four Poems by Diane Seuss
Tragic spectacle my realm. I its ruthless queen.
Presence: The Heartspeak of Indigenous Poets: Billy-Ray Belcourt
Tanaya Winder curates exclusive poetry to celebrate Native American Heritage Month.
A Thin-Bladed Grace: Kristin Chang’s Past Lives, Future Bodies
Each luminous metaphor lays claim over sadness or violence, remaking it.
Complicating Narratives: A Conversation with Bushra Rehman
Bushra Rehman discusses her new poetry collection, MARIANNA'S BEAUTY SALON.
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Kyle Dargan
Kyle Dargan discusses his new collection, ANAGNORISIS.
Personal to Universal: Robin Becker’s The Black Bear Inside Me
Becker stands firmly on the shoulder of earlier lesbian-feminist poets while inhabiting and describing our current era of new challenges and old shibboleths.
Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Andrés Cerpa
I have stood above the labyrinth / & touched what is not there
Honest Work with Language: Talking with Berta García Faet
Berta García Faet talks with her translator about THE ELIGIBLE AGE.
New-Old, Old-New: Erica Dawson’s When Rap Spoke Straight to God
Dawson plays with many tropes—light and dark, the spiritual vs. the corporeal—while questioning the everyday myths that surround us.
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: Whitman Notebook: Summer Grass
Whatever is undiscovered in “Song of Myself” is in the soil.
Making a Nest within a Book: Kevin McLellan’s Ornitheology
In my reading, Ornitheology turns out to be a book of psalms.