A Show & Tell w/Art Chantry May 18, 2011: Poetry magazine's May 2011 cover artist Art Chantry is most known for his poster art, but this month Poetry and Harriet readers get something more. We have Chantry's cover homage, “A Portrait of Video Art Pioneer and Fluxus Member Nam June Paik,” for one. And after e-mailing with Chantry about the piece and his recent writing, he turned [...] by Fred Sasaki

Poem as Comic Strip Redux April 21, 2011: A few years ago this site published a short-run feature called "Poem as Comic Strip," for which some of today’s most vital graphic novelists were invited to interpret a poem of their choice from the Foundation’s archive. Ed Park, the series editor, wrote: Heightened language—one possible or partial definition of poetry—isn’t the [...] by Fred Sasaki

Hunted by Eliana Perez March 19, 2011: Poetry magazine’s March 2011 cover art, “Lamp,” is by Eliana Perez, and is part of a series called "Hunted." Perez says: In "Hunted," the patterns on furniture, rugs, and curtains come to life, transforming these objects of domestic comfort into portals expressing a pervasive world of savagery and violence. In these drawings, the [...] by Fred Sasaki

Lupe Nero February 17, 2011: The editors at Poetry magazine are ever grateful for the work of our cover artists and art directors at Winterhouse—and this month we’re lucky from someone else’s loss. When we asked February cover artist Adam McCauley to write a few words about his cover illustration, and his work in general, he responded: (more...) by Fred Sasaki

Essays for Robert von Hallberg February 1, 2011: Poetry magazine recently received this welcome dispatch from Chicago Review, with links to PDFs of knockouts from their latest number. From CR editor, V. Joshua Adams: Readers of Harriet may be interested in two essays on contemporary poetry from the latest issue of Chicago Review (55:3—4). In "Apocalypticism: A Way Forward for Poetry," [...] by Fred Sasaki

A Meeting with Oneself January 19, 2011: Poetry magazine recently exchanged e-mails with January cover artist Genevieve Simms, about her work. She says, Illustration from its beginnings has always been tied to a text. I find with my personal work I am often interested in finding ways to use illustration in place of text entirely. For example, I may have forgotten the words to a [...] by Fred Sasaki

LESS IS MORE December 20, 2010: Poetry magazine has featured cover art by Maira Kalman, Milton Glaser, David Byrne, and other greats, thanks to Winterhouse Studio. A lot of readers ask us how cover art is chosen for the magazine, and the answer is: one way or another. This month we’ll give you a peek at the process and how we came to feature the work of an unwitting Sam [...] by Fred Sasaki

And what // do I love in loving thee? April 20, 2010: Chandler and Price, first series, platen press, ca. 1915 By luck, by love, by affinity Poetry magazine receives reams of poetry weekly. Earlier this year, Brian Teare of Albion Books had the (lovely) idea of sending us his latest titles, with broadsides(!). In honor of ink on paper we've put up scans of WREN/OMEN by Peter O'Learly and Hart [...] by Fred Sasaki

Kiss my ars poetica. April 12, 2010: While other people were reading, you know, some dorky crap, I was reading, you know, Edgar Allan Poe and Baudelaire and things like that, so, and it just sprung from that, and on TV I was just watching old horror movies and like, you know crime, so, and Elvis, you know so that's it. —Glenn Danzig by Fred Sasaki

Love, Jack November 13, 2009: We love poetry at Poetry. We especially love poetry that comes over the transom, wrapped in fine ink on paper, accompanied by missives that state: "This is the most important letter you have ever received." This week we're abuzz over Ryan Murphy's latest art press incarnation (The North Beach Yacht Club) and its newly minted Hokku Notebook, by [...] by Fred Sasaki