Remembering Galway Kinnell
Poet Galway Kinnell sadly passed away a few days ago. Over at the Los Angeles Review of Books a group of authors—including, among others, Dana Levin and Natalie Diaz—pay homage to…
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Wunderkammer by Cynthia Cruz
Diana Whitney reviews Cynthia Cruz's Wunderkammer today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Influence of Being Under the Influence
For the Public Domain Review, Richard Millington explores the influence of cocaine on the poetry of Georg Trakl and compares it to the ways other artists’ addictions have shown up…
How to Dance as the Roof Caves In by Nick Lantz
Christian Anton Gerard reviews Nick Lantz's How to Dance as the Room Caves In today in Rumpus Poetry.
Duly Sympathetic
Over at BOMB, Claudia Rankine takes a look at the way we use our words: Tone is an everyday kind of maneuver. It disrupts and communicates aggression, disgust, dis- respect,…
Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals by Patricia Lockwood
Kent Shaw reviews Patricia Lockwood's Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Erika Meitner
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Erika Meitner about her new book, Copia, writing about Detroit without writing ruin porn, form, and now-empty shopping malls.
Why I Chose Michael Bazzett’s You Must Remember This
Camille Dungy discusses why she selected Michael Bazzett's forthcoming You Must Remember This for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club.
The New New Testament
For NPR Books, Craig Morgan Teicher finds a fantastic reimagining of the black, Southern, gay experience in his review of Jericho Brown’s The New Testament. Drawing from the gospels, as…
Heaven and Other Poems by Israel Horovitz
Lois Bassen reviews Israel Horovitz's Heaven and Other Poems today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Interview with Alex Dimitrov and Kate Durbin
Alex Dimitrov and Kate Durbin interview each other about place and poetics and poetry in performance, as well as poetry in LA and New York, and using culture as a prop.
The Poetry Deal by Diane di Prima
Barbara Berman reviews Diane di Prima's The Poetry Deal today in Rumpus Poetry.