What is Poetry? Thanks! January 12, 2010: Sadly, my stint as a Harriet vlogger is officially over and I haven't yet thanked the amazing folks who helped with the "What Is Poetry?" videos. First, thanks to all the brave souls who agreed to speak to me on camera. I asked SO MANY people and its a rare character who will agree to go on record defining something like poetry. I met with lots [...] by Melissa Friedling

The Lines We Carry January 12, 2010: 1. My human face a blazing shield/is all that I could give or she demand/ so I shall hazard shame for future love/and list with soldiers my degenerate name: Debbie. My name is Debbie... Lisa Robertson (more...) by Sina Queyras

Raquel, and Noah’s Bagels January 11, 2010: [audio:http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Sotere-4-pt-1.mp3] by Sotère Torregian

Two more (cups of coffee then I’ll go) January 11, 2010: Why do so many readers at poetry readings announce having two poems left to read? When I signed my contract to become a poet there was no clause as to this matter, (more...) by Anselm Berrigan

Po-Money, Po-Problems, & a Po-Stimulus January 11, 2010: thx for all the engaging comments on my last post! but no thx to those who randomly brought up money. as i alluded to in a previous post ("Po-Money Po-Problems: announcing the CSP AWP Consulting Firm") money corrupts. however, one good idea did emerge: PAY THE COMMENTERS! i agree! it's really the commenters that keep this blog thang going. i [...] by Craig Santos Perez

the plan January 10, 2010: I want to say, without arguing too much for it here, but by way of an encounter that Trane and Edouard Glissant have been having in my head for a couple of months, that Zong! (and more generally the black history that is the sea, as Derek Walcott didn’t quite say) is about ascension and consent: an emergence anticipatorily after the fact of the [...] by Fred Moten

Fellow Kitty Cats/those born to it/those not: January 10, 2010: Hi. Although I have been taking some considerable pleasure in the space beneath this one, and though I am also in some kind of hollowed out part of the landscape in Vermont, I thought I ought to overcome what was threatening to become, as David Buuck says, [bioperversity]. Have not yet figured out how to ittalicize words on Kitty Cat [...] by Bhanu Kapil

2010derly. January 10, 2010: Hello poetry board.  I thought I'd start out the year with a silly subject pun.  How did I do?  Feel free to use it in your daily correspondences. It's a dry, warm Southern California day today and I'm looking out over my Venice Beach porch to the East.  The Hollywood sign sticks out of the Mountain's cleavage like a hand made toothbrush [...] by Amber Tamblyn

Adam Pendleton at SEGUE series January 9, 2010: For the past two winters I have had the privilege of curating the SEGUE reading series, last winter with Evelyn Reilly, this winter with Sara Wintz. SEGUE has featured innovative writing since the 70s when the series was held at the Ear Inn bar in TriBeCa. Originally identified with Language Writing, SEGUE features a diverse range of socially [...] by Thom Donovan

What’s it got on its iPod? January 9, 2010: I have been reading on my iPod for a few months now. I can’t make the leap to Kindle, partly because I don’t like the idea of being tied into Amazon (or B&N or any big chain book store), but also because I resist the fact of another stand-alone electronic device to have to worry about losing, recharging, maintaining, and so on. The iPod, [...] by Sina Queyras