Great Pain, Great Pleasure: Here All Night, Nightshade, and Blazons
All three remind readers that what is imagined is not always real and the world is not as expected.
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Posts Tagged: Julie Enszer
Visitations: Gwendolyn Brooks at One Hundred
A visitation is how I describe the past weeks walking with Gwendolyn Books. It is like she is just around every corner.
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Anything That Burns You: A Portrait of Lola Ridge, Radical Poet by Terese Svoboda
Julie Enszer reviews Terese Svoboda’s Anything That Burns You: A Portrait of Lola Ridge, Radical Poet today in Rumpus Poetry.
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“Who You Are”: On Anne Carson’s Short Talks and Reprint Editions
Reprints are lost gems. A gorgeous semi-precious stone perhaps in an antiquated or garish setting. A ring at the flea market that sparkles and shines, waiting for someone to repackage it, offer it with a proposal, wear it anew.
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Swimming in the Rain: New and Selected Poems 1980-2015 by Chana Bloch
Julie Enszer reviews Chana Bloch’s Swimming in the Rain: New and Selected Poems 1980-2015 today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Copia by Erika Meitner
Julie Enszer reviews Erika Meitner’s Copia today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Like a Beggar by Ellen Bass
Julie Enszer reviews Ellen Bass’s Like a Beggar today in Rumpus Poetry.
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When I Was Straight by Julie Marie Wade
Julie Enszer reviews Julie Marie Wade’s When I Was Straight today in Rumpus Poetry.
...moreNational Poetry Month Day 22: “The Great Loves of Our Lives” by Julie Enszer
The Great Loves of Our Lives Begin with the body desire manifests itself in the body: the flutter of the heart the nervous shake of a hand the dilation of the pupils hardening of nipples thickening of mucus within the vaginal walls. New lovers celebrate the body reveling in hungry explorations of the vast expanse […]
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M x T by Sina Queyras
Julie Enszer reviews Sina Queyras’s M x T today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Sisterhood by Julie Enszer
Julie Marie Wade reviews Julie Enszer’s Sisterhood today in Rumpus Poetry.
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