poetry
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Saudi Arabia to Execute Poet
Saudi Arabia, an American ally, sentenced a poet to death for renouncing Islam, although it may have been retribution for posting online a video of police lashing a man in the street. Poets around the world criticized the execution. One…
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Barbara Berman’s 2015 Holiday Poetry Shout-Out
Barbara Berman offers some gift suggestions for the poetry lovers in your life. Or just for you. Treat yourself!
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Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems by Robin Coste Lewis
Diana Arterian reviews Robin Coste Lewis’s Voyage of the Sable Venus today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Moulin Rimbaud?
Poetry is one of the pillars of the town’s cultural policy. There’s a new museum in the old town of Charleville-Mézières, France dedicated to Arthur Rimbaud, one of the country’s most celebrated poets. The coolest part? It’s in an old…
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Paris Forever
That’s not to say being informed isn’t important—of course it is—but I suddenly felt a more important calling. I remembered the words of Marlon Brando in the wake of 9/11: “This is exactly the time for poetry!” Over at Lit…
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Poems That Kill
And after that, it can go into a book. Which is a great place for poetry to die, you know? Jay Deshpande sat down with Montana Ray to discuss her book, (guns & butter), a collection of poems shaped like…
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The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Laurie Jean Cannady
The author of the new memoir Crave: Sojourn of a Hungry Soul talks about growing up impoverished, abused, and in love with words.
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Smugglers by Ales Debeljak
Damon Marbut reviews Ales Debeljak’s Smugglers translated by Bryan Henry today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Application for Release from the Dream by Tony Hoagland
Ellen F. Brown reviews Tony Hoagland’s Application for Release from the Dream today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Poetry’s Love Affair with the Internet
We already knew that the Internet is a wild and wonderful place for poets, but the web is also empowering verse offline. The New York Times reports on how the Internet is vaulting poetry onto the bestseller list, and we…
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A Dying Art: Carrie & Lowell and Elegiac Practice
Elegy cannot protect us. It is merely a contained space for us to prowl, and to prowl in a performative manner.
