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…
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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.
When I Was Straight by Julie Marie Wade
Julie Enszer reviews Julie Marie Wade's When I Was Straight today in Rumpus Poetry.
Somebody Who Has Found the Words
Recently in the UK, poetry seems to have found its way back into mainstream culture, which of course elicits the question: did it ever leave? Over at Newsweek, Howard Swains…
The Last Book of Poems I Loved: Sleeping With the Dictionary by Harryette Mullen
No one writes poems like [Harryette] Mullen. And if Mullen’s poems teach us anything about the larger context of making poems, the lesson might be that no one should write poems like her.
American Chew by Matthew Lippman
Michael Klein reviews Matthew Lippman's American Chew today in Rumpus Poetry.
Where I Write #28: A Small Bench Between Two 25-Story Buildings
I was doing clerical work for a magazine publisher in a high-rise along the Wilshire corridor and each day I would take my one hour lunch on a small bench between two 25 story buildings. The proximity of all these tall structures created a vortex of wind that constantly combed through all these magnificent trees. One by one I had to know and then write about each individual Jacaranda, Magnolia and Floss Silk tree.
Chapman Commencement Speech (Shed That Skin)
When you want to turn your world upside down and see what falls out of it, shed that skin.
In the Low Houses by Heather Dobbins
Caitlin Mackenzie reviews Heather Dobbins's In the Low Houses today in Rumpus Poetry.
Weekly Geekery
Albert Einstein: When science and celebrity, story and physics collide. Social media isn’t taking over book time, social media is taking over TV time, and that’s okay. The science of capturing…
Sun Bear by Matthew Zapruder
Kent Shaw reviews Matthew Zapruder's Sun Bear today in Rumpus Poetry.
It Has To Do With Attention
Q: What is the difference between a poem and a cloud? A: Not very much, according to the poet Mary Ruefle in this (delightful) interview, found in Music & Literature: The clouds are…