The Rumpus Poetry Book Club looks at “Goodbye F**cker” June 7, 2012: That's Carmen Giménez Smith's “Goodbye, Flicker." And it's the talk of the Rumpus Poetry Book Club this week. Brian Spears starts off the conversation describing how the book piqued his interested, from a wonderful misreading of the title: Brian S: So I have a quick story about how I chose this book, and then we can get to the questions. [...] by Harriet Staff

The Day Disco Died May 22, 2012: Yesterday, NPR posted the latest installment in their very cool series they're calling NewsPoet. This time around, Carmen Giménez Smith delivers the news-that-stays-news by riffing on Frank O'Hara's "The Day Lady Died" and acknowledging the very sad passing of Bee Gees's Robin Gibb. From the article: Carmen Gimenez Smith sat down with [...] by Harriet Staff