poetry
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Have You Had Enough Darkness Yet? by Irene McKinney
Charlie Atkinson reviews Irene McKinney’s Have You Had Enough Darkness Yet?” today in Rumpus Poetry.
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What is a Domicile by Joanna Penn Cooper
Julie Marie Wade reviews Joanna Penn Cooper’s What is a Domicile today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Rumpus Interview with Maya Angelou
In February 2013, just over a year before her death, Maya Angelou spoke to Whitney Mackman about her writing process, her influences, and the act of looking for joy.
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Almost Like Leonard Cohen’s Blues
Besides being the amazing singer/songwriter we all know, Leonard Cohen is also an acclaimed poet and novelist. “Almost Like the Blues,” a new poem of his, is now out on The New Yorker.
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Divedapper Focuses on Poet Interviews
Former Rumpus contributor Kaveh Akbar has launched a “collaborative poetry phenomenon,” Divedapper, a web based literary concern featuring interviews with contemporary poets. The site has launched with interviews with Dorianne Laux, Austin Straus, Rae Armantrout, and others. Divedapper is also available on…
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The Moon Before Morning by W. S. Merwin
Camden Avery reviews W. S. Merwin’s The Moon Before Morning today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Last Poem I Loved: “For You” by Jim Moore
Suddenly I understood more deeply what the end of the poem means, when the speaker knows his decisions will change his life, but still has no idea what else may come as a result.
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Broke and Broken
Saeed Jones published a book of poems, Prelude To Bruise. Over at Buzzfeed, he’ll tell you why he wrote them, too: “My mother had a fatal heart attack the night before Mother’s Day in 2011. The experience of losing her…
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There, There by George Higgins
Heather Dobbins reviews George Higgins’s There, There today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Her Book by Éireann Lorsung
Lisa Williams reviews Éireann Lorsung’s Her Book today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Glaciology by Jeffrey Skinner
Charlie Atkinson reviews Jeffrey Skinner’s Glaciology today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Poems from Guantanamo
In 2010, French poet Frank Smith took the transcripts of the initial combatant status review tribunals from Guantanamo and turned them into a book of poetry. The New Inquiry looks at Vanessa Place’s recent English translation of Smith’s Guantanamo.