a final hafa adai from guahan & a farewell March 31, 2010: so i left off on the big night of my public reading/fundraiser. the event was held at a 'chamorro fusion' restuarant called meskla. the humanities council rented out the entire place...and there were about 100 people in attendance, including my grandmother, my godparents, and many aunts and uncles and cousins whom i havent seen in [...] by Craig Santos Perez

Ekphrasis Again March 31, 2010: Inspired by Sina’s recent post, I was thinking again about ekphrastic poetry, poetry that traditionally has been written about or for art objects/works. Many of my own poems are informed by visual art, film, music, and live performance. Art, for lack of a better term, often serves as a guide. It shows me things I might not have seen otherwise, [...] by Thom Donovan

Belladonna Book Launch and Two Blurbs March 31, 2010: A week from next Tuesday, Belladonna series in NYC, a series that for the past decade has catered to women's writing in particular, will celebrate the release of five books, all of which are must reads in my opinion: Dorothea Lasky's Black Life (Wave Books), Brenda Iijima's revv. you’ll—ution (Displaced Press) and If Not Metamorphic [...] by Thom Donovan

Day and Night Keys March 31, 2010: [audio:http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Day-and-Night-Keys-FINAL.mp3] by Sotère Torregian

The lost poems, or the space of blogging March 30, 2010: Where do you find the time? That's the question most often asked of me when the subject of blogging comes up. Particularly over the past three months of posting on Harriet, keeping up my own blog, Twittering, teaching, and so on.  There are several strands of thinking that emerge from this question for me, once one gets past the idea that of [...] by Sina Queyras

At the Age of 15 March 27, 2010: [audio:http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/At-the-Age-of-15.mp3] by Sotère Torregian

After Ekphrasis March 27, 2010: A found dish. Shallow and sweet. A little around the edges. A lacking in the middle. Several lines converging where all begins. A dark beginning, a convergence. Something yearning for fin. Something escaping depth. Crevice of light. Green memory of fish bones. Equating something with or without toes. In a moment, air. [...] by Sina Queyras

the poet-carabao (days 3 & 4 in guam) March 26, 2010: so i joke that i feel like a poet-carabao because the guam humanities council has been working my butt off since i've been on island this week. so let me update since last time: wednesday morning, i visited two classes at JP Torres Alternative School--here's one class reading my poems: then... (more...) by Craig Santos Perez

You Can Call Me a Tree-Hugger March 24, 2010: [audio:http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Tree-Hugger-FINAL.mp3] by Sotère Torregian

Suspension, evasion, and inversion: a conversation with Ken Babstock March 23, 2010: SQ: Ken, when you read in Montreal in the fall I found myself wanting to close my eyes and be carried away by the sound of the poems. This doesn't happen often enough in poetry readings—for me in any case. What I was responding to, I think, was the sense that if I could remove myself by half I might hear pure sound. How deliberate has this [...] by Sina Queyras