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Rae Armantrout

Rae Armantrout’s most recent books are Finalists, Conjure and Wobble. In 2010 her book Versed won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the National Book Critics Circle Award. She is the current judge of the Yale Younger Poets Prize.

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Poetry | The Online Edition

Poetry | The Online Edition

Two Poems

Rae Armantrout

‘Sleep is my boyfriend, / my mother, my boss.’

Two poems by Rae Armantrout.

Poetry | Issue 160

Poetry | Issue 160

Debt Economy

Rae Armantrout

‘It follows that existence is a debt.’

A poem by Rae Armantrout.

Poetry | The Online Edition

Poetry | The Online Edition

Three Poems

Rae Armantrout

‘When you wake up, / you will remember nothing of this.’

‘Curses’, ‘Familiar Ground’ and ‘Lions’ by Rae Armantrout.

Poetry | The Online Edition

Poetry | The Online Edition

Two Poems

Rae Armantrout

‘A glowing purse / that unlatches / with a snap’

Poetry | The Online Edition

Poetry | The Online Edition

Traffic

Rae Armantrout

‘Music needs silence / more than silence needs music.’ New poetry by Rae Armantrout.

Poetry | The Online Edition

Poetry | The Online Edition

Sonnet 3

Rae Armantrout

‘Your dad told me to tell you / how good you look to him right now.’ Rae Armantrout revisits Shakespeare’s sonnet 3.

Poetry | The Online Edition

Poetry | The Online Edition

Reception and Openings

Rae Armantrout

‘Because children suspect that objects conceal their powers and intentions, animators make an alarm clock run, screaming, in circles.’

Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition

Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition

Best Book of 2008: The Alphabet

Rae Armantrout

Rae Armantrout on why Ron Silliman's The Alphabet is the best book of 2008.

Poetry | The Online Edition

Poetry | The Online Edition

Two Poems

Rae Armantrout

‘My long career / in explaining / my career.’

Poetry | Issue 132

Poetry | Issue 132

The Emotional Life of Plants

Rae Armantrout

An exciton consists / of the escaped negative / (electron) / and the positive hole / it left behind.