What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Poetry
Rumpus editors share favorite poetry collections as we continue our celebration of National Poetry Month!
...moreRumpus editors share favorite poetry collections as we continue our celebration of National Poetry Month!
...more…while poems often proceed by way of large imaginative leaps, I found that prose urged me to stay put longer and extrapolate more. At Guernica, Christopher Kondrich and Tracy K. Smith talk about differences between poetry and prose, and writing grief and memory in Smith’s memoir Ordinary Light. Smith describes how she toggles between genres, […]
...moreThe Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Tracy K. Smith about her collection Life on Mars/
...moreTracy Smith’s LIFE ON MARS is a strong, surprising, and often beautiful book.
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