poetry
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The Amazing Disappearing Woman Writer
To refuse to disappear at mid-life—I am forty-two as of the writing of this essay—is perhaps the best rebellion a woman poet can make to the literary world and to the world at large.
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The Charismatic Loser
I think it would be a great time for men, basically, to go on vacation. Eileen Myles is interviewed by the New York Times, touching on poetry’s place in politics, and men’s place in either: open femaleness, memorable lines, and…
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Writers for Human Rights
Hundreds of writers around the world are protesting Saudi Arabia’s death sentence of Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh, accused of promoting atheism in his 2008 book of poetry Instructions Within. As a show of solidarity with the poet, Fayadh’s poetry will be…
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The Animal Too Big To Kill by Shane McCrae
Rigoberto González reviews Shane McCrae’s The Animal Too Big to Kill today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Phillip B. Williams
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Phillip B. Williams about his new book Thief in the Interior, form in poetry, and balancing editing work with one’s own.
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Black Cat Bone by John Burnside
Brian McKenna reviews John Burnside’s Black Cat Bone today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Illocality by Joseph Massey
Ann van Buren reviews Joseph Massey’s Illocality today in Rumpus Poetry.
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A Faithful and Fortifying Humanism
James Woods profiles poet Yehuda Amichai for the New Yorker. Woods suggests that although Amichai is “bound up with contemporary Israeli life,” his “faithful and fortifying humanism” makes his work relevant on a global scale.
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The Rumpus Interview with Elisa Gabbert
Author Elisa Gabbert talks about her books, The Self Unstable and The French Exit, diversity, publishing, whiteness, and writing in the Internet Age.
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Poetry As Propaganda
Oxford academic Elisabeth Kendall has found that poetry may be a major recruitment tool for militant jihadis in the Middle East. Although poetry is often sidelined in Western cultures, it is still important in Arab-speaking nations, where a reality TV show…
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Crazy Brave
Considering that most poetry isn’t read, “is it brave or crazy to devote oneself to poetry,” the New York Times asks. Citing poet Christopher Gilbert’s recently republished manuscript, the article says: Whether Christopher Gilbert’s poetry—or any poet’s poetry—will outlive the…
