The Fluxus Reader now a click away May 13, 2011: Students, scholars, and artists alike (not to mention fans of John Cage, Jackson Mac Low, La Monte Young, Yoko Ono, Joseph Beuys, George Brecht, Jonas Mekas, Allan Kaprow and Marcel Duchamp, among other compatriots of the Fluxus movement) will be pleased to know that The Fluxus Reader, edited by Ken Friedman in 1998, is now available as a free [...] by Harriet Staff

Craig Santos Perez on why white editors are so mean May 13, 2011: Craig Santos Perez recently returned from the Los Angeles Times Book Festival, where he was a speaker on a panel called “The Poet’s Responsibility: Poetic Tradition, Social Values, and Contemporary Culture," and he’s done a stellar job of reporting back about the fest on his Jacket2 blog (there was a Poetry Stage!). Writes Perez, “Los [...] by Harriet Staff

Poets on vinyl! May 13, 2011: Just announced: a new record label for poets! If you’ve wondered whither went Baltimore’s Narrow House Recordings or have held tightly to your 7” of Edmund Berrigan’s first I Feel Tractor album (there are maybe two of you who fit this description, but we know you’re out there), this news might make your day. SUPERMACHINE’s co-curator [...] by Harriet Staff

How many terabytes is your literary legacy? May 12, 2011: The British Library purchased 40,000 emails as part of Wendy Cope's archive earlier this year, but their efforts to preserve the poet's legacy are hardly complete. As Wired discovers, the fact that Cope is still sending emails on a regular basis is the least of the complications. As digital drafts and correspondence began replacing notebooks, [...] by Harriet Staff

“America is this correct?”: When the White House and poetry collide May 12, 2011: Well, we bet a lot of poets spent their Wednesdays at a reading or book launch, but we were tied to our Internets for the White House Eve of Poesie. It was not a dream! It really happened! And now at least we’ve got proof that rapper and poet Common has no intention to kill anyone. Anyways, the president himself opened the evening to [...] by Harriet Staff

Jon Stewart’s “Tone Def Poetry Slam” May 12, 2011: Part I: The Daily ShowTags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook and Part II (NOW with Stewart rapping!): The Daily ShowTags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook by Harriet Staff

Zut! George Perec interviewed in English May 12, 2011: France Culture gives us snippets of George Perec speaking with journalist Kaye Mortley just a few months before his death in 1982, with the permission of ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). "What a Man!" You can also listen to the full 29-minute interview, wherein Perec speaks about the puzzle between Roussel, Flaubert, Stendahl and [...] by Harriet Staff

Ernest Hardy and the War Diaries anthology May 11, 2011: The Windy City Times talks to Ernest Hardy about War Diaries, the recent AIDS Project Los Angeles literary anthology he co-edited with Tisa Bryant. The anthology was originally conceived by APLA's Pato Hebert to reach out to African American men along the spectrum of LGBTQ identities and address HIV/AIDS through perspectives specific to their [...] by Harriet Staff

Michelle Obama, secret poet May 11, 2011: Just in from the White House Media Affairs Office, Michelle Obama's remarks at the student poetry workshop at the State Dining Room where Harriet's own Kenny Goldsmith is . . . what? WHAT IS HE DOING THERE?!?!?! Anyways, Ms. Obama: So we’re going to do this big, fancy poetry reading this evening, and that's all fun, and we’re going to [...] by Harriet Staff

Don’t forget! Tonight is the White House Poetry showdown! May 11, 2011: Live streaming TONIGHT: poetry at the White House! Kenny Goldsmith, Elizabeth Alexander, Common, Billy Collins, Rita Dove, singers Aimee Mann and Jill Scott, and artist Alison Knowles will be holding court in the Michelle Obama-sponsored Evening of Poetry. And yes, controversy has abounded since the announcement of this year's team, from [...] by Harriet Staff