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…
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The Bottom by Betsy Andrews
McKenzie Tozan reviews Betsy Andrews's The Bottom today in Rumpus Poetry.
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.
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.
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…
Red Epic by Joshua Clover
Barbara Berman reviews Joshua Clover's Red Epic today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Kingdom and After by Megan Fernandes
Linda Ashok reviews Megan Fernandes's The Kingdom and After today in Rumpus Poetry.
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…
Why God Is a Woman by Nin Andrews
Jessie Carty reviews Nin Andrews's Why God is a Woman today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Review of [insert] boy by Danez Smith
In this sense, the book is a “coming-of-age” story and “spiritual quest” as much as a seething commentary on the catastrophe effected by the disease of contemporary racism and white supremacy.
The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Jonathan Travelstead
I try to...consider the writing process as seriously as I do entering a house with black smoke puffing from its eaves.
The Forgotten Poet
You could visit India and never hear the name Rabindranath Tagore. In fact, if you don’t live in India, you may well have never known Rabindranath Tagore existed. But this…