The Paris Review Has ‘Mad Daughter and Big-Bang’ Stuck in Their Heads May 7, 2013: At the Paris Review blog yesterday, Luling Osofsky was pondering poems by fake authors, or fake poems by real authors, or something in between. If you haven't guessed already, we're talking about the Kent Johnson/Araki Yasusada controversy that blew up some time ago. Osofsky gives a little background in the matter: It’s been over a [...] by Harriet Staff

Kent Johnson Responds to Marjorie Perloff’s Avant-Garde in Latest Chicago Review March 19, 2013: Kent Johnson has written a note for the new issue of the Chicago Review called "Marjorie Perloff, the 'Avant-garde,' and the Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics" that is receiving a good amount of buzz, with the editors of The Claudius App noting that their Facebook post about the "parallax corrective" has received a record numbers of [...] by Harriet Staff

The Aesthetic Tensions in Kent Johnson’s A Question Mark Above the Sun December 10, 2012: Over at The New Republic is a review of Kent Johnson's new book, A Question Mark Above the Sun (1st ed., Punch Press; 2nd ed., Starcherone Books) which aims to illuminate "the mystery behind Frank O'Hara's most famous poem." That's "A True Account of Talking to the Sun at Fire Island," unearthed by Kenneth Koch at an O'Hara memorial reading; [...] by Harriet Staff

A Must-Read! Kent Johnson’s “Scintillose” Poem, “Forgotten American Poets of the 19th Century” August 1, 2012: John Latta, at Isola di Rifiuti, more than posts Kent Johnson's extraordinary poem "Forgotten American Poets of the 19th Century," "a piece of excavatory goodwill, nigh pious in its delight, scintillose in its wit, partial to its supposed principals," but gives it his delicious all in an introduction to the text and much-desired elaboration on [...] by Harriet Staff

Announcing The Claudius App III: AMERICAN HANGOVER EDITION July 6, 2012: There's a strategically placed fortune on our Harriet desk that's going on about a secret admirer soon sending signs of affection. We like this: "[I]t IS ALL A HOT BECOMING"--The Claudius App III has just gone lighght; i.e, OUT NOW. We've pointed you there for previous issues. This one includes a negative review of Heather Christle (on [...] by Harriet Staff