Rae Armantrout
Rae Armantrout’s most recent books are Wobble, a finalist for the National Book Award, and Partly: New and Selected Poems. Her collection Versed won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
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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
Two Poems
Rae Armantrout
‘A glowing purse / that unlatches / with a snap’
Poetry | The Online Edition
Traffic
Rae Armantrout
‘Music needs silence / more than silence needs music.’ New poetry by Rae Armantrout.
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
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
Best Book of 2008: The Alphabet
Rae Armantrout
Rae Armantrout on why Ron Silliman's The Alphabet is the best book of 2008.
Poetry
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Issue 132
The Emotional Life of Plants
Rae Armantrout
An exciton consists / of the escaped negative / (electron) / and the positive hole / it left behind.