“I don’t really like poetry readings that much”: Time Magazine Interviews John Ashbery November 28, 2011: The recently feted John Ashbery was paid a visit by Time Magazine. You can watch and listen to the interview here. Our favorite part is when he puts the interviewer in her place on the issue of "prevalent views" on sexuality. Enjoy. by Harriet Staff

With Great Respect: Theodore Enslin, 1925-2011 November 23, 2011: We learned late last night that Theodore Enslin -- "one of our greatest poets working quietly outside the noisy mainstream," as Matthew Henriksen put it -- has left us. Enslin, a prolific poet identified with Cid Corman, Charles Olson, and particularly the Objectivist tradition, was born in Pennsylvania in 1925 and became a resident of Maine [...] by Harriet Staff

“I’ve tried to be trashy”: Paul Muldoon on Ke$ha November 23, 2011: Here's a little Thanksgiving gift for you via the Princeton Tiger Magazine. A video of Paul Muldoon doing a close reading of Ke$ha's "Tik Tok". How did we miss this?! by Harriet Staff

Milosz on a Metro Card November 23, 2011: According to this post from the LA Metro website, a Metro bus card will feature "Gift" by Czeslaw Milosz. Poetry can soothe the soul of many a traveler. The poetry cards on Metro Buses – you’ll find them scattered about in that indented ledge above the windows – have become a welcome respite from a busy day and a pause for [...] by Harriet Staff

Tony Trigilio Finds Poetry in JFK Assassination November 23, 2011: Yesterday was the 48th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination. Chicago NPR affiliate WBEZ, in their regular segment Eight Forty-Eight, featured poet Tony Trigilio, whose new book, Historic Diary was inspired, primarily, by Lee Harvey Oswald's personal diary. Follow the link for a brief write-up and audio of Trigilio reading two poems. by Harriet Staff

Bruce Covey writes about AWP for Best American Poetry November 23, 2011: Poet and Coconut Poetry editor Bruce Covey is guest blogging over at Best American Poetry, and today he's got us early birds thinking about the independent publishing giantess that is AWP: Each year I seem to see nearly every poet I know. Or I note the absences. This year I proposed a panel on cognition, neurobiology, and memory, mostly [...] by Harriet Staff

“Adopt a poet” in Wales November 22, 2011: The newly formed and charmingly named H'mm Foundation in Wales has launched a new project intended to "bridge the gap between poets and people by bringing modern poetry more into the public domain and particularly to the workplace." Ignoring the fact that, well, poets ARE people, this sounds like an intriguing project. The basic idea is that [...] by Harriet Staff

Russian political satire in poetic form November 22, 2011: The "Citizen Poet" project in Moscow, apparently conceived by three friends after a night of heavy drinking, retrofits familiar Russian poems as mocking verse, poking fun at politicians like Dmitri Medvedev and Vladimir Putin. The three men behind the project -- poet Dmitri L. Bykov, actor Mikhail O. Yefremov, and producer Andrei Vasiliev -- [...] by Harriet Staff

The New York Times list of notable books of 2011 November 21, 2011: . . . includes Leopardi's Canti, Matthew Zapruder's Come On All You Ghosts, Tracy K. Smith's Life on Mars, Laura Kasischke's Space, In Chains, Les Murray's Taller When Prone, Maggie Nelson's The Art of Cruelty, and Denise Gigante's Keats Brothers. Read the whole list here, and, if you're so inclined, begin kibitzing! by Harriet Staff

Flying Object interviews Matt Hart about Forklift, OH November 21, 2011: Flying Object of South Hadley, MA is shaping up to be more than just a reading site, gallery, letterpress studio, and bookshop filled with rare small-press treasures (yes, it is all these things) -- their website is also amazingly fun (check out Jono Tosch's guest Tweets, the Photo Opportunities and "It's My Decision," a new series featuring [...] by Harriet Staff