Hands-On Poetry: Self-Publishing, Book Arts, and the Dusie Kollektiv March 23, 2009: Over the last few months, a curious parade of poetic artifacts has been arriving regularly in my mailbox: fifty chapbooks written by poets who are members of the Dusie Kollektiv, each produced by another poet in the Kollektiv. This remarkable force of poetic self-determination was started by the poet and editor of Dusie Press, Susana Gardner, [...] by Annie Finch

Out of Isolation March 23, 2009: “Although the literal act of putting words on the page is a solitary activity, no writer is ever alone. There are always those mentors, those students, who engage in a communal effort of creation.” --Lee Martin (Prageeta Sharma, Patrick Rosal, Myung Mi Kim & Regie Cabico at the Kundiman workshop/retreat) (more...) by Camille Dungy

Some Thoughts on Poetry Readings: Part Two (Various – and Occasionally Notorious – Characters Defined) March 21, 2009: (I offer the following lexicon in good fun. Your additions are most welcome.) (more...) by Jason Guriel

Dear Harriet March 20, 2009: I want to apologize for being out of touch lately. Blogs should press forward under even the worst of circumstances. But those of you who have been following my posts, all seven of them, have no doubt noticed that I’ve not yet learned how to compose a blog. (more...) by Martin Earl

No, You Shut Up! March 20, 2009: Tonight at the Elliot Bay Book Co. in Seattle, the Portland poetry twins Matthew and Michael Dickman will read from their debut collections. I haven't yet read either All-American Poem (by the former) or End of the West (by the latter), because I have been so thoroughly engrossed in the hubub the duo has caused. (more...) by Travis Nichols

What Keeps Me Coming Back March 19, 2009: It’s been a particularly busy and exhausting week. As Thursday approached, I considered what I would write about here on Harriet. I am committed to the idea of discussing, every Thursday, what I am reading that is exciting me, and yet today that didn’t feel quite right. What I want to share, instead, are a few of the poems that keep me [...] by Camille Dungy

Tory Poetry, UK Poets of Color, and the Oxford Job Hunt March 18, 2009: "Britain in 2009 is not the same as Britain in 1959." So says Boris Johnson, Tory mayor of London and snappy blogger. To prove his point, Johnson recently went off on how little poetry British students know by heart, and has made a modest proposal with hopes of rectifying the "Kulturkampf": So I say to my friends in the Tory high command, here [...] by Travis Nichols

Moore’s “What Are Years”: How Does This Poem Be? March 18, 2009: In the midst of the energetic discussion around the recent "Listening to Poetry" post, I happened to come across the following extraordinary poem again. It was in a wonderful format, an illustrated anthology called Parallels: Artists/Poets published by MidMarch Arts Press, accompanied on the facing page by an abstract charcoal sketch by Claire [...] by Annie Finch

So Little Depends upon a Little Red Rooster! March 18, 2009: Image courtesy of Muhammad Mahdi Karim, www.micro2macro.net Should poets write poems that describe things (like, say, this silly-looking rooster) ... or not? (more...) by Don Share

Breaking News: Poetry Discussion with Robert Pinsky at Slate This Week March 17, 2009: It's Tuesday and the monthly poem has just been posted. Anyone who's been complaining about the absence of attention to poetry in general-interest publications, the next couple of days is your chance to support Robert Pinsky's valiant endeavor to improve the situation. The poem this month is by Fulke Greville. (more...) by Annie Finch