Sharon Olds
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Jonterri Gadson
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Jonterri Gadson about Blues Triumphant, her love of editing, and the intersection of poetry and comedy.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Ada Limón
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Ada Limón about her new book Bright Dead Things, writing love poems in an age of cynicism, and committing to places.
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The Riveter / Issue 02
We love The Riveter, an online and (now) print magazine that “publishes longform by women for everyone.” A lot has changed since we first wrote about The Riveter. Co-founders and co-editors Joanna Demkiewicz and Kaylen Ralph hired a staff, published a print…
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The Last Poem I Loved: “Satan Says” by Sharon Olds
Therein lies the brilliance of “Satan Says”: Olds’s Satan is not villainous because he urges the speaker to denounce her parents … but because he is too obtuse to comprehend the uselessness of such denunciations to a curious intellect.
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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: What is Lyric Poetry II
Back in December last year I offered not so much ten definitions but ten clues, fixings, or renditions about lyric poetry. A couple dozen of you chimed in as well, which was fabulous. Let’s do it again! Here’s round two.
