Rita Dove on Editing the Poetry of the 20th Century October 27, 2011: Rita Dove, in a brief interview with Wall Street Journal, explained how she approached the taller than tall order of editing 20th Century American poetry into an anthology, "a book for people to hold in their hands." How did you come on to the project? I came on when [Penguin Classics Editor] Elda Rotor actually wrote me and asked me. [...] by Harriet Staff

Insult like Shakespeare, thou spleeny beef-witted lewdster October 26, 2011: Litdrift has a handy guide for building some seriously ornate Shakespearean unpleasantries. Check it out, thou craven fool-born barnacle, but make sure to use your newfound powers wisely. (And yes, of course there's also an app for that.) by Harriet Staff

The Asian American Writers’ Workshop celebrates its 20th Anniversary with Page Turner 2011 October 26, 2011: This ain't your average page-turner! It's a festival! Page Turner, the 3rd Annual Asian American Literary Festival 2011, to be specific, will take place on October 27 & 29. Organized by poet Ken Chen, the Brooklyn extravaganza is hosted by The Asian American Writers’ Workshop, which is celebrating its 20th birthday! Many congratulations. In [...] by Harriet Staff

No Break on Rent for St. Mark’s Bookshop October 26, 2011: Via Mediabostro, we get this article from the NY Daily News, that says the St. Mark's bookshop will not get a rent break from their landlords: The struggling St. Mark's Bookshop was dealt more bad news Tuesday when its owners were told they will not receive a rent reduction. Owners Bob Contant and Terry McCoy found out their bid for a [...] by Harriet Staff

Saturated Now-Time: OWS Poetry Assembly Covered by WSJ, HuffPo, The Observer, and More October 26, 2011: There's more and more press taking interest in the poets at Wall Street (unlike Occupy Oakland [where there is also a weekly poetry reading], journalists in New York have not been instructed to turn off their cameras). Huffington Post, the Observer, and GalleyCat are all turning to "Stephen Boyer, 27, a former model and paid dominatrix, and [...] by Harriet Staff

Halloween Costumes for Poets Who Might Want to Dress Like Other Poets for Halloween October 26, 2011: Not sure of your Halloween costume yet? Too weirded out by this article to do anything? Miss the Kate Durbin Bad Princess Poetry Walk? Well, you could check out this post at Academy of American Poets. They've got a roundup of everything you'll possibly need to inhabit your best Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, William Carlos Williams, Walt [...] by Harriet Staff

Robert Glück talks dyslexia, prose poems, Margery Kempe, Blanchot, Hitler, Jack Spicer and more in EOAGH October 26, 2011: The infamously unpronounceable EOAGH has an interview up with one of our favorite New Narrativists, Robert Glück! Glück and Tony Leuzzi quickly dig into Keats, dyslexia and writing, Glück's frustrated relationship with visual art, and distinctions between the prose poem and the short story, which caught our eye: Often in your work [...] by Harriet Staff

ANSELM’S POEM October 25, 2011: Anselm Berrigan’s poem is sixty five pages long. It ambles, it shrugs, it generally has an only stoic relationship to meaning. Like meaning might be someone he has a working relationship with. They always nod when they see one other. Yet I wouldn’t describe Notes from Irrelevancy as a poem that is opposed to meaning. No it’s just a [...] by Eileen Myles

The found (love) poetry of Occupy Wall Street October 25, 2011: Apparently, there's more than revolution in the air at New York's Zuccotti Park. Judging from the number of OWS-related Missed Connections on newyork.craigslist.com, it seems the protestors aren't just fighters, but lovers too. Alan Feuer of the New York Times collected some of his favorites and added line and stanza breaks: Librarian at Occupy [...] by Harriet Staff

“Did you write any poems?” Kenneth Koch and the ’68 Columbia riots October 25, 2011: In an essay for Jacket2, poet and critic Hilton Obenzinger fondly recalls the days he spent occupying the Columbia University campus back in 1968: With other writers from the Columbia Review I spent nearly a week in President Kirk’s office in Low Library before getting beaten up by the cops in the final bust. The days in Low Commune were [...] by Harriet Staff