On the Where of Reading January 30, 2010: It doesn’t matter where one is someone said recently, thinking, reading, working, that happens anywhere. As someone who grew up on the move, quite literally upended at a days notice, I have always thought that is true. You make the best of where you are whether that’s three days in a car, spending the holidays at a motel thrust up like a tent [...] by Sina Queyras

Notes on Mutation January 30, 2010: What is a question?  How do questions work in your writing?  What do they perform?  What happens when you ask them? Some notes from my own attempt to think about this, originally written as a way to think about Jean Valentine's "Little Boat," for a collection of writing on her work collected by Kazim Ali, whom I have never met but look [...] by Bhanu Kapil

Bruce Boone Weekend January 28, 2010: This past weekend in New York City I will always remember as the Bruce Boone weekend. On Friday night Boone read as part of a launch event for Nightboat Books at Metro Pictures gallery in Chelsea. He was preceded by Evelyn Reilly and Marcella Durand, who read from the Eco Language Reader (co-published by Nightboat Books and Portable Press at [...] by Thom Donovan

“The only thing I’d really like to be.” January 28, 2010: Comin thro' the rye, poor body,   Comin thro' the rye, She draigl't a' her petticoatie   Comin thro' the rye. Oh Jenny 's a' weet poor body   Jenny 's seldom dry, She draigl't a' her petticoatie   Comin thro' the rye. Gin a body meet a body   Comin thro' the rye, Gin a body kiss a [...] by Travis Nichols

“So sonic intensity is tantamount to submerged embodied historiography.” January 28, 2010: : (Th.Donov. on Fr. Moten): "Translate to color."  In the comment stream.  And looped up, like a baby.  Though if I had another baby, which would depend, quite frankly, upon meeting  a competent and ecstatic South-Asian medical professional in the next thirty days: I might put it down (the baby not a suitor) on a sheepskin rug to roll [...] by Bhanu Kapil

Gender, (Race), & Poetry (Part 2): Numbers & Unnumbered Trouble January 27, 2010: * some of you may be familiar with 'NUMBERS TROUBLE,' the essay by juliana spahr & stephanie young, published in the chicago review (2007), in response to jennifer ashton's ill-conceived essay 'our bodies, our poems.' (you can read the spahr/young essay, ashton's clumsy response, and a statistical report complied by joshua kotin & [...] by Craig Santos Perez

Commoning part II January 26, 2010: I am still wrapping my head around what happened at Lower Manhattan Cultural Counsel this past weekend. Clearly, it was one of those conversations that needed to happen because everyone had something to say about the topic of "commons." In attendance were no less than twenty people, many of whom participated in the discussion including Alan [...] by Thom Donovan

Days and Nights January 26, 2010: [audio:http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Day-and-Night-FINAL.mp3] by Sotère Torregian

Caroline Bergvall’s Lingual Sculptures January 26, 2010: [audio:http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Bergvall-Caroline-Via-20041.mp3] Caroline Bergvall is a poet and text-based artist of Norwegian and French descent working out of London. I first heard Bergvall read at Blue Stockings, a wonderfully resilient little bookstore in the Lower East Side. As discussed in my [...] by Sina Queyras

Spiritual Explorations January 25, 2010: [audio:http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Spiritual-Explorations-FINAL.mp3] by Sotère Torregian