poetry
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Figuring 101 Two-Letter Words
Stephin Merritt, besides being the lead singer/songwriter in beloved indie band Magnetic Fields, is a talented poet. His latest collection of short poems is a trip into the world of two-letter words allowed on Scrabble. Merritt shares the stories behind…
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The Last Poem I Loved: “Let me tell you” by Miller Williams
They don’t usually realize that every line, every word of a poem, is there because the poet consciously chose that word instead of some other one.
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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 his great life and career, and recollect how his poetry influenced…
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Wunderkammer by Cynthia Cruz
Diana Whitney reviews Cynthia Cruz’s Wunderkammer today in Rumpus Poetry.
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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 in their work.
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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.
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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, and humor, among a myriad of possibilities, thereby allowing language…
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Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals by Patricia Lockwood
Kent Shaw reviews Patricia Lockwood’s Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals today in Rumpus Poetry.
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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.
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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.
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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 well as the poet’s own rich landscape of rhythm and…
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Heaven and Other Poems by Israel Horovitz
Lois Bassen reviews Israel Horovitz’s Heaven and Other Poems today in Rumpus Poetry.