poetry
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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.
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The Poetry Deal by Diane di Prima
Barbara Berman reviews Diane di Prima’s The Poetry Deal today in Rumpus Poetry.
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A Stiletto Between the Ribs
At the New York Times, Margalit Fox shares a moving tribute to poet Carolyn Kizer, who passed away last Thursday. Characterized by impeccably crafted sound and meter, and an understated warmth, Kizer’s poems brought out a softer side of feminist poetry…
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In the Marble of Your Animal Eyes by Nathan Hauke
Brenda Sieczkowski reviews Nathan Hauke’s In the Marble of Your Animal Eyes today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Vets in Verse
In addition to hosting the usual lit world all-stars at the biannual Dodge Poetry Festival next weekend, the NJ Performing Arts Center in Newark will host a reading from a different front: poet veterans. Another Kind of Courage will feature…
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The Rumpus Interview with Brian Gilmore
Kima Jones talks to Brian Gilmore about returning to the ritual of everyday life after the worst of humanity has shown itself publicly, about Duke Ellington and Michael Brown and being a father to daughters.
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A Poetics of “Radical Caring”
Reviewing Ann Lauterbach’s new collection of poems, Under the Sign, Jo Ann Clark argues for a new poetics of “radical caring.” The collection shows Lauterbach struggling with the demons of world where people grow increasingly alienated from one other: drone…
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The Viet Arcane by Jack Hirschman
Patrick James Dunagan reviews Jack Hirschman’s The Viet Arcane today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Rumpus Interview with Christian Wiman
Poet and essayist Christian Wiman discusses landscape, elegy, and the strain between doubt and belief.
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Corporate Relations by Jena Osman
Kent Shaw reviews Jena Osman’s Corporate Relations today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Scarecrone by Melissa Broder
Lois Bassen reviews Melissa Broder’s Scarecrone today in Rumpus Poetry.
