I’m Emily Dickinson! Who Are You?
For her “The Poems (We Think) We Know” column at the Los Angeles Review of Books, Alexandra Socarides writes about Emily Dickinson’s celebrated “I’m Nobody! Who are you?,” debunking its…
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Nothing More to Lose by Najwan Darwish
Eric Dean Wilson reviews Najwan Darwish's Nothing More to Lose today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Last Book I Loved: Maggie Nelson’s Bluets
15. Bluets becomes a space for desire (thwarted), for mystery, for obscurity and unattainability. To explore the space where these intersect in Nelson is the project of the book.
El Dorado by Peter Campion
Tova Gannana reviews Peter Campion's El Dorado today in Rumpus Poetry.
Reading Dante by Prue Shaw and The Divine Comedy Translated by Clive James
Barbara Berman reviews Prue Shaw's Reading Dante From Here to Eternity and Clive James's translation of The Divine Comedy today in Rumpus Poetry.
Poetry’s Dirty Secret
The dirty secret of poetry is that it is loved by some, loathed by many, and bought by almost no one. Is poetry still valuable? William Logan thinks so, and…
Darkened Rooms of Summer by Jared Carter
James Crews reviews Jared Carter's Darkened Rooms of Summer today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Beyoncé of Poetry
She won the Pulitzer in 1923, but when newspapers recounted her public readings, they more often focused on her outfits than her writing. Her glamorous and occasionally scandalous life made…
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: The Poet’s Journey: Chapter 6
As a poet you are called to be absorbed and aroused and enchanted and intoxicated and beguiled. You embrace occasions that leave you seduced and transfixed, overpowered and enraptured.
Interrobang by Jessica Piazza
Melissa-Leigh Gore reviews Jessica Piazza's Interrobang today in Rumpus Poetry.
Hands In Bleach
A classic Annie Dilliard-ism; “The way you spend your days/is the way you spend your life.” In the latest Oxford American, Southern poet Rebecca Gayle Howard—guest editor of the OA summer issue—talks…
The Sins of the Father
Lord Byron’s estranged daughter, Lady Ada Lovelace, was just as swashbuckling and as tragic as her father. She was also a card shark, drug addict, and computer genius.