The Rumpus Inaugural Poems: Brian Oliu
Each day from January 7 through January 20, Rumpus Original Poems will feature poetry written in response to the coming presidential inauguration. Today’s poem is from Brian Oliu.
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The Rumpus Inaugural Poems
Official inaugural poems are a strange beast. There have only been five of them and the one we recognize as the first, Robert Frost’s “The Gift Outright,” wasn’t composed for…
Long-Distance Writing
Over at The Collapsar, Brian Oliu pens a stunning essay on writing, running, and changing one’s perception of both the body and the prose: This, to me, is what a…
Albums of Our Lives: The-Dream’s Love vs. Money
Of the many adjectives one would use to describe me—some might even be positive—sexy would not be one of them.