Rae Armantrout

Rae Armantrout’s poetry collections include Itself and Versed, which was awarded the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Her work has appeared in many anthologies, including Postmodern American Poetry: A Norton Anthology. She is professor emeritus at UC San Diego.

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PoetryPoetry | The Online Edition

Poetry | The Online Edition

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

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Sonnet 3

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

PoetryPoetry | 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 & MemoirEssays & 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.

PoetryPoetry | The Online Edition

Poetry | The Online Edition

Two Poems

Rae Armantrout

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

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Poetry | The Online Edition

The Emotional Life of Plants

Rae Armantrout

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