The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #98: Nicky Nodjoumi
Though some readers of The Rumpus may not have heard of Nicky Nodjoumi, in his native Iran he has achieved the status of a rock star.
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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,…
Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
Jim Murdoch’s piece on the reader’s responsibility to breathe life into poems is fascinating. At the very least, it’s a good metaphor for people who teach poetry to those who…