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.
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Second Childhood by Fanny Howe
Cynthia Cruz reviews Fanny Howe’s Second Childhood today in Rumpus Poetry.
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the meatgirl whatever by Kristin Hatch
Colette Speer reviews Kristin Hatch’s the meatgirl whatever today in Rumpus Poetry.
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For Sale: Wallace Stevens Home
The distinct quietness of Wallace Stevens’s life—modernist, insurance salesman, writer of The Emperor of Ice Cream—is almost as famous as his poetry. Now! His 1920s Colonial home is for sale in Hartford, CT. If you’re looking for a spacious new house…
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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 commonly held interpretation: There is a seemingly stark private/public dichotomy…
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 tells us why in an essay in last weekend’s New York…
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Darkened Rooms of Summer by Jared Carter
James Crews reviews Jared Carter’s Darkened Rooms of Summer today in Rumpus Poetry.
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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 her a celebrity, but her celebrity (along with other trends…
