poetry
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Meet the Internet Bard
Steven Roggenbuck has been producing poetry “that is made, distributed, and viewed almost exclusively on the Web” since 2010. In this article in the New Yorker, Kenneth Goldsmith calls Roggenbuck’s videos, with their shaky camerawork and rough jump cuts, “meticulously…
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Bend To It by Kevin Simmonds
Sean Singer reviews Kevin Simmonds’s Bend To It today in Rumpus Poetry.
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You Too Can Go To Iowa
Without ever leaving the comfort of wherever you access the internet. The University of Iowa is getting into the MOOC game with a new series titled How Writers Write: Talks on Craft and Commitment. Clink the link for more details.
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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: The Poet’s Journey: Chapter 3
The ritual of poetic discovery is a reanimation of the whole metaphor of human dream and reason, irrationality and rationality, the ancient and the contemporary, the organic and the artifice.
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Celebrating Stein
This year marks the 100th anniversary of Gertrude Stein’s collection of poems, “Tender Buttons.” To celebrate the occasion, City Lights Book Publishers is putting out a new edition of the poet’s beautiful and complex work. Chicago Public Radio reports on…
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The Rusted City by Rochelle Hurt
Julie Marie Wade reviews Rochelle Hurt’s The Rusted City today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Earth Avails by Mark Wunderlich
Laura Haynes reviews Mark Wunderlich’s The Earth Avails today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Memory Loss
These days, memorization, like corporal punishment, is something our culture has largely evolved beyond. We might all know the first verse of Jane Taylor’s “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,” but beyond that it’s hit and miss. In the age of search…
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The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show: Matthew Zapruder
In the second episode of The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show, Dave Roderick sits down with Matthew Zapruder for a chat about his latest collection, Sun Bear, his dual role as poet and musician, and close encounters with Grace Paley.
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National Poetry Month Day 30: “Jubilate Patro” by Brian Spears
Jubilate Patro For I will consider my father SamFor he praises God in his mumbles and circular storiesFor his left arm is crooked to remind him of original sinFor half his brain was cut off from blood when he was…
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Poetry Fight
The 1968 Stony Brook World Poetry Conference brought together more than 100 poets of varying styles and personalities. After a boozy weekend, at the farewell party, emotions (and presumably alcohol) spilled over into a massive brawl. Writing for the New…
