poetry
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Dome of the Hidden Pavilion by James Tate
Mikko Harvey reviews James Tate’s Dome of the Hidden Pavilion today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Derelict Air by Edward Dorn
Patrick James Dunagan reviews Edward Dorn’s Derelict Air today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Real, Local, Radical
A must-read profile of Sesshu Foster, unofficial poet laureate of East Los Angeles, steadfast advocate of racial equity, eloquent witness to the changes of gentrification, full-time school teacher, and arguable embodiment of the vibrant tangle of roots that comprises modern…
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Three Brilliant Poems
I’m pretty good / at not loving / anything enough / to fear its ruin. / The cruel speed / of our guaranteed / obsolescence suits / me. This way / I get to be / at least one /…
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The Bottom by Betsy Andrews
McKenzie Tozan reviews Betsy Andrews’s The Bottom today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show: January Gill O’Neil
In Episode 12 of The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show, January Gill O’Neil chats about her new collection, Misery Islands, writing pop culture into poetry, and the Red Sox.
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Remarks On Walking Around in Boston
As you walk, you become intensely aware in two directions. There is the outer world, and there is your head space. It is not necessary or possible really to keep strict focus on one or the other. They blend together.
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Yellowface in Poetry
There’s a storm in the poetry world, this one set off by the bio in Best American Poetry 2015 of Michael Derrick Hudson, who has been publishing under the name Yi-Fen Chou. I’m not here to talk about the poem, or…
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The Kingdom and After by Megan Fernandes
Linda Ashok reviews Megan Fernandes’s The Kingdom and After today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Daniel Swiftboating of Poetry
I want to get to why this grumbly, axe-grinding, British review of Vendler relates to two trends I see now in American poetry—the confusion over the critic’s role and the rise of literary teams—but first, the question that’s probably foremost…
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Why God Is a Woman by Nin Andrews
Jessie Carty reviews Nin Andrews’s Why God is a Woman today in Rumpus Poetry.
