Essays

2015 Rattle Poetry Prize Readers’ Choice Award

Rattle / February 14, 2016

Rattle is proud to announce the winner of the 2015 Rattle Poetry Prize Readers’ Choice Award: Valentina Gnup Oakland, California for […]

Rattle / May 1, 2015

Colin Ward PIXEL POETRY: A MERITOCRACY The Only Things Worse Than Generals Are Generalities. In serving the online literary community

Rattle / April 28, 2014

Marcela Sulak THE GOD BOX An Essay One day I bring my daughter from our home in Washington, D.C., to

Rattle / April 17, 2014

April Salzano METAPHORICAL CHILDREN An Essay Only a few years ago, I would have said parenting affects my poetry by

Rattle / April 14, 2014

Khadijah Queen MOTHERING SOLO An Essay Mothering is the ultimate convergence of public and private. From the moment your belly

Rattle / March 13, 2014

Carol Denson TRANSFERTLE THE PLUM An Essay A few days ago, Ethan, who calls poems plums, walked over to me