poetry Five Short Meditations on Rae Armantrout's "Djinn" Armantrout's first stanza, about the terrain ghosts create, brings into relief the strange world-building of lying.
poetry Rae Armantrout, "Decor" This text serves as the intersection of a few complicated themes: the cheapness of capitalism, relationships, and identity.
poetry Rae Armantrout, "Anti-Short Story" In recent days, the problem of tone has asserted itself rather forcefully. Those subject to second-class citizenship meet a litany of demands about their tone.
poetry Rae Armantrout, "Influence" I do not believe the classics will be lost, unread and thrown aside, because things I don't like are popular.
