Blog and Blat February 29, 2008: The Blog has been my companion for six months, padding after me in the house, wanting his daily rations of nourishment and attention. His tail thumps on the bed when I wake up in the morning, and he happily guides me to my desk, where I feed him and give him a scratch behind the ears. Good Blog. (more...) by A.E. Stallings

Adiós February 28, 2008: La reina se va de descanso en su trono… (more...) by Rigoberto González

All Night, He Was a New American, Part Three February 28, 2008: That many of the New American Poets were gay (Ashbery, Robin Blaser, James Broughton, Duncan, Edward Field, Ginsberg, O’Hara, Peter Orlovsky, James Schuyler, Spicer, Wieners, Jonathan Williams) is not incidental to their quest to find new ways of saying and, by implication (stronger in some than in others) new ways of moving through the world. [...] by Reginald Shepherd

Tsiknopempti February 28, 2008: Today is... Tsiknopempti here in Greece! No, I don't expect that to ring any bells for most of you. The word literally means, "the-smell-of-roasting-meat-Thursday" and, in the preparation for the fasting of Lent (the Eastern church is on a slightly different calendar), people all over Greece will fire up the coals and put slabs of meat on the [...] by A.E. Stallings

Cheers and Thanks February 27, 2008: ----------------- Hello, everyone. Just writing to say that this entry constitutes my 60th post—and, alas, today marks the end of my contract at Harriet. I have enjoyed the bavardage with all of you—and for the last six months, I have very much appreciated the opportunity to provoke my readership more directly in dialogue. I certainly hope [...] by Christian Bök

When the Green Lies Over the Earth February 27, 2008: It's the birthday of the poet Angelina Weld Grimké, born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1880, a member of the distinguished biracial Grimké family, some members of which were important in the abolitionist movement and active in civil rights into the twentieth century. Her father Archibald Grimké, a Harvard Law School graduate, served as the [...] by Major Jackson

The Final Wednesday Shout Out February 27, 2008: Well, this is it, the last entry in a movimiento here on Harriet, in which I featured every Wednesday (25 Wednesdays to be exact) books that excited me, intrigued me, renewed my faith in poetry. The honor of the send-off goes to poet Alessandra Lynch, for her second collection of poems selected by James Richardson to be part of the Lena-Miles [...] by Rigoberto González

Why Actors Stink February 27, 2008: Commenting on my post on Paradise Lost below, Bill Knott wrote "…I used to listen via a walkperson to a tape of the first couple books of PL as read by the British actor Anthony Quayle, but irritatingly he didn’t read the linebreaks which made me usually snatch the earphones out in exasp." Yes, why are actors so often lousy readers of [...] by Daisy Fried

Late Review 04 February 26, 2008: ----------------- 1. Write for skimmers 2. Write for peckers 3. Filter, impose, trespass 4. Include a link to the Code 5. Think hyper 6. Think branding 7. Think icon 8. Tell your visitor where to go "How to Write for the Internet" in Human Resources by Rachel Zolf Coach House Books, 2007 ----------------- (more...) by Christian Bök

Achiote Press & Palabra Magazine February 25, 2008: I say this without the least bit of exaggeration: keep your eye on these two literary ventures because they’re going to impress you with the journeys they have embarked on and with the heights they’ll inevitably reach. (more...) by Rigoberto González