Night Sky With Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong
Jeff Nguyen reviews Ocean Vuong's Night Sky With Exit Wounds today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Frank O’Hara
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A Poet’s Arrival
The New Yorker profiles Ocean Vuong, who muses on the English language, growing up around women, Frank O’Hara, and the vestigial nature of clichés. And with his first book of…
The Rumpus Interview with Campbell McGrath
Campbell McGrath talks about his new collection, XX: Poems For The Twentieth Century, capitalism, history, and what it might mean to write a wordless poem.
The Saturday Rumpus Essay: I wanted to be sure to reach you
I have no answers, but I can feel my feet.
The Creative Writing Class That Changed My Life
One could sense this passion in all of us. It seemed to fill the classroom as if it were part of the oxygen.
The Rumpus Interview with George Hodgman
Editor and author George Hodgman talks about his new memoir, Bettyville, what makes for a good memoir, and returning to his hometown of Paris, Missouri from New York to take care of his aging mother.
Barbara Berman’s National Poetry Month Picks
Barbara Berman offers some quality suggestions on poetry to read during the month of April, and beyond.
Who Was Your First Kiss?
At the New York Times Magazine, A.O. Scott covers “A Brief History of Kissing in Movies.”
21st Century Poetry Written in 1964
The 50th anniversary edition of Lunch Poems, the collection written by Frank O’Hara in 1964, has caught attention recently over at The Atlantic. The book has always been important to…
The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Box Girl
"I spent hours standing before the glass vitrine, trying to divine the magic, the answer, the power of the box." Lizi Gilad debuts on The Rumpus with a powerful poetic homage and meditation on permanence.
Rare Footage of O’Hara, Ginsberg, Baraka Emerges
Yesterday, avant-garde cinema legend Jonas Mekas posted remarkable archival footage of Allen Ginsberg, Frank O’hara, Amiri Baraka (who still went by Leroi Jones), and Ray Bremser reading together in 1959.…
Poems Retrieved by Frank O’Hara
Barbara Berman reviews Fraonk O'Hara's Poems retrieved today in Rumpus Poetry.
