poetry
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She Has a Name by Kamilah Aisha Moon
Melissa Leigh Gore reviews Kamilah Aisha Moon’s She Has a Name today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Last Poem I Loved: “Separation” by W. S. Merwin
“Separation” expresses the paradoxical intersection of the instantaneous and the enduring.
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How to Enjoy Poetry
Poetry can intimidate. Casual consumers of other art forms like film or fiction often willingly offer uninformed opinions, even if that only means rating a product on Amazon. But asking readers for opinions on poetry regularly leads to avoidance and…
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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.
