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A Mélange of Loafing and Looking
In Leslie Jamison’s introduction to a new edition of Walt Whitman’s Specimen Days & Collect, excerpted over at Slate, the word “specimen” is rescued from its isolating, clinical connotations, instead becoming…
The Americans by David Roderick
The Americans is no self-help book, no guide to suburban living. Rather, [it] offers all of us a chance to examine the places we make our homes, to remember what these places might mean in the context of American history, and to consider how they might shape American culture.
The Book of Scented Things: 100 Contemporary Poems About Perfume and Love Poems by Bertolt Brecht
Barbara Berman reviews The Book of Scented Things: 100 Contemporary Poems About Perfume and Bertolt Brecht's Love Poems today in Rumpus Poetry.
Night’s Reading by Marthe Reed
Lauren Hall reviews Marthe Reed's Night's Reading today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Complete Poetry of Robert Herrick
Patrick James Dunagan reviews The Complete Poetry of Robert Herrick today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Cynthia Marie Hoffman
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Cynthia Marie Hoffman about her new book, Paper Doll Fetus, twilight sleep, and the importance of giving voice to the voiceless.
When Poets Become Novelists
Ben Lerner talks with the Guardian about life in Brooklyn, octopuses, and poets: “Poets really haven’t gotten the news that the novel is also dead,” he says, of the opinion…
Good Night Brother by Kimberly Burwick
Julie Marie Wade reviews Kimberly Burwick's Good Night Brother today in Rumpus Poetry.
Miller Williams, 1930-2015
Poet Miller Williams has died at the age of 84. I only knew him as a teacher—he’s the reason I went to the University of Arkansas for my MFA, and…
Veiled Spill: A Sequence by Jan Clausen
Kelly Morse reviews Jan Clausen's Veiled Spill: A Sequence today in Rumpus Poetry.
A Manifesto for Bad Poetry
If guided well, no-one who sets out to write a bad poem is going to accidentally write an excellent one.