poetry
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Does Poetry Matter?
Yesterday’s New York Times posed this question to poetry superstars Tracy K. Smith, Martin Espada, William Logan, Paul Muldoon, Sandra Beasley, Patrick Rosal, and our own David Biespiel. Whether by “educat[ing] the senses,” combatting irony, or “ritualiz[ing] human life,” suffice…
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The Poetry of Power Tools
Dan Piepenbring writes at the Paris Review about the universe inside industrial-supply catalogs, which offer a different kind of poetry to readers: And so I often reach for it in pursuit of a kind of materialist awe. It makes for a reading experience…
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The Public Face of Poetry
Carol Muske-Dukes, a former poet laureate of California, discusses the role poetry plays in modern life at the Paris Review. She considers whether people think poetry is relevant or accessible, as well as how we approach it differently today than…
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Word of the Day: Nubivagant
(adj.) wandering through or amongst the clouds; moving through air; from the Latin nubes (“cloud”) and vagant (“wandering”), c. 1656. I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw…
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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: The Poet’s Journey: Chapter 8
When you trust the wisdom from the art of poetry as a guide to writing your new poems, you put your writing in service of something larger than your own ambitions and impulses.
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Are You There God? It’s Me, Poetry
New York’s own Erika Anderson has a reading series unlike any other. Once a month, Brooklynites step up to the mic in a vintage clothing store and read poetry from their high school years. As Anderson explains, “If I don’t…
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Fire Break by George Albon
Benjamin Landry reviews George Albon’s Fire Break today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Bilateral Asymmetry by Don Riggs
Lois Bassen reviews Bilateral Asymmetry by Don Riggs today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Whittling a New Face in the Dark by DJ Dolack
Allyson Paty reviews DJ Dolack’s Whittling a New Face in the Dark today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Its Day Being Gone by Rose McLarney
Richard Joines reviews Rose McLarney’s Its Day Being Gone today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Poetry of Witness The Tradition in English, 1500-2001 by Carolyn Forche and Duncan Wu
Sean Singer reviews Poetry of Witness The Tradition in English, 1500-2001 by Carolyn Forche and Duncan Wu today in Rumpus Poetry.
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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: The Poet’s Journey: Chapter 7
When you do not allow yourself to follow your impulses, it’s not that you are eluding or destroying those impulses. Instead, you’re converting what was potentially necessary to your imagination into something darker, less stable, and more insidious.