Seven Contemporary Italian Poets (2/7) January 6, 2009: Gherardo Bortolotti, translated by Linh Dinh: working + bgmole (12 paragraphs for Vivalibri, 18/06/2007) 21-22 21. In the middle of a scene from which he could see the end, kinch went to work, collaborating with the construction of the present and of autumn mornings. In the glimpses of shop windows, of crosswalks, of apartment buildings, he [...] by Linh Dinh

Seven Contemporary Italian Poets (1/7) January 5, 2009: Marco Giovenale, translated by Linh Dinh: world dominion, XVII the shifting of the earth’s axis, no? the collapse of the scaffolding on 4th of November Street, no? the landslide on Ischia, no? a pain on the ribs, no? the success of your last film, no? he was the son of an egyptian, from the first century, no? as elena walks by they turn around, [...] by Linh Dinh

Happy New Year? January 5, 2009: Thanks to some offline encouragement, I’ve decided to start re-posting my column here at Harriet once a month or so. In my time away, I’ve been penning reviews of new working-class poetry volumes (an extremely critical one of the highly problematic The Way We Work: Contemporary Writings from the American Work Place, edited by Peter Scheckner [...] by Mark Nowak

LA hiatus January 3, 2009: "Garden of Eden on Wheels" at the Museum of Jurassic Technology Apologies for the silence. I’ve holed myself in LA. And another apology for committing a blogging faux-pas. It’s always obnoxious when a blogger writes a post just to say that she hasn’t written for awhile. Who cares, right? Just get on with the program! I’m in the pit [...] by Cathy Park Hong

UBUWEB :: Featured Resources for the Year, 2008 (+ Jan ’09) January 2, 2009: by Kenneth Goldsmith

New Year Greeting January 2, 2009: Harriet asks me to wish you all the best in the new year, and to thank all the readers, bloggers and commenters who've stopped by these last twelve months and more - please do keep coming back! In the new year's resolution department, she also wants me to remind everyone to be kind as circumstances permit: to fortify and express your passions [...] by Don Share

Everything Begins in Mystique and Ends in Politique: Poetry Fashion Edition January 2, 2009: In today's Elizabeth Alexander news: the inaugural poet's three potential "looks" for Barack Obama's January 20th swearing-in ceremony. And if that doesn't give you every last bit of information you need about the big event, then here are ten more stories from the past two weeks to put it all in persepctive: (more...) by Travis Nichols

What I Usually Say to my Students January 1, 2009: Written at the request of Joshua Marie Wilkinson, who's compiling an anthology of "micro essays about approaches to teaching poetry": Hoard your time, since you’ll need it to be alone to think and to write. Be frugal, since it’ll allow you to work less and have more time to think and to write. Try, as best you can, to have an overview of [...] by Linh Dinh