Reinforcing the Resistance, Aiding the Anxious: Three Poetry Anthologies
Barbara Berman reviews three social justice oriented poetry anthologies today at The Rumpus.
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Kazim Ali
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #130: Kaveh Akbar
"I took a six or seven year break from sending out my own poems, just waiting for my abilities to catch up a bit with my ambitions."
The Rumpus Guide to AWP 2018
A selection of AWP 2018 panels, readings, and events that we are especially excited for!
Notable Los Angeles: 3/13–3/19
Monday 3/13: Ryan Ruby, with Natasha Vargas-Cooper, discusses and signs The Zero and the One. 7 p.m. at Book Soup. Chen Chen reading and signing When I Grow up I Want…
Notable Los Angeles: 3/6–3/12
Lambda Literary Festival kicks off a week-long series of events celebrating contemporary, diverse voices in SoCal! All of them are free and open to the public. We’ve included some highlights…
An Open Letter to Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Dear Aimee, So the latest thing (why is there always a latest thing) is that a white man used a Chinese name to submit poems that were then chosen for Prairie Schooner and then…
National Poetry Month Day 30: “The Museum of Flight” by Kazim Ali
The Museum of Flight All boys want to fall Sent like sun-thunder westward
A New Babel
These poems by Kazim Ali are gorgeous, each phrase a breath of prayer, the words presented as humbling offerings, each one a deep bow.