Conceptualism, Identity Politics & Globalization: A Response July 9, 2009: The following is a response to "Arif Khan," who took issues with my introduction to the Flarf & Conceptual Writing feature, in particular with my statement "Identity, for one, is up for grabs. Why use your own words when you can express yourself just as well by using someone else’s?" Mr. Khan stated, "Any one who claims to be above [...] by Kenneth Goldsmith

Poem I Love: “For Julia, In the Deep Water” by John N. Morris July 9, 2009: The first real live poem I ever remember hearing aloud is "For Julia, In the Deep Water" by John N. Morris. It's about my friend Julia. Her dad was a poet, which was weird when you were a kid. If memory serves, Dr. Morris came to school and read this poem to our sixth grade class. The poem was first published in the New Yorker in 1976 and later in [...] by Catherine Halley

DEAR HARRIET July 8, 2009: I’m newly traumatized due to the following events: On the morning of July 4th – a Saturday – I was packing my truck on East 3rd Street in Manhattan where I live. It was at the end of a rich and long haul of events. (more...) by Eileen Myles

Please Welcome Joel, Rebecca, and Tonya July 8, 2009: As we salute Annie and Martin and Camille for their service here on Harriet (salutes!), we welcome Joel Brouwer, Tonya Foster, and Rebecca Wolff (hugs!).  The former three will, we hope, continue to post from time to time, but the the full-time conversation is now in the hands of Joel, Rebecca, Tonya, and Eileen Myles.  Praise be! A little [...] by Travis Nichols

We do things funny over here… July 8, 2009: [caption id="attachment_4131" align="alignnone" width="266" caption="Vera Pavlova (left)"][/caption] I recently attended the Poetry International festival in Rotterdam - one of the best poetry-related events I've ever been to - meeting day and night with poets from countries other than the USA, and heard - literally - not a single word about [...] by Don Share

Keep the spot sore! July 4, 2009: Ahoy hoy! Sibilance! Sibilance! The editors of Harriet have kindly invited me to join their merry band, and I'm honored to be here. Scared, too, though, that I won't have much of interest to say. I guess we'll find out. I may be posting snapshots of my tomato plants before my hitch is up. Earlier this week was Sovereignty Day, and today is [...] by Joel Brouwer

Welcome Aboard July 4, 2009: The big question became whether it would rain or not. At one point in the late morning when we were waiting for the soundman this middle-aged guy stood with us on the stone stairs and said it will. 40% said Kristin hopefully. Definitely says this guy and he laughed. Working class I not so much sneered when he left as checked in on a reality that [...] by Eileen Myles

A Glass Glass Factory July 1, 2009: Hi again, Harriet! By the way, I’m the media assistant here at the Poetry Foundation. I’ll be posting until the end of the summer, when I’ll leave to begin a PhD program in Comp Lit at Northwestern, where I’ll work on classical and contemporary poetry. When I began taking poetry workshops in college and forming an inkling of what [...] by Katie Hartsock

Flarf and Conceptual Writing in Poetry Magazine July 1, 2009: An introduction to the 21st Century's most controversial poetry movements. From the July/August 2009 Issue of Poetry Magazine by Kenneth Goldsmith Start making sense. Disjunction is dead. The fragment, which ruled poetry for the past one hundred years, has left the building. Subjectivity, emotion, the body, and desire, as expressed in [...] by Kenneth Goldsmith