An Incomplete Guide to the Poetry Books I Currently Have on Tap (or, When and Why Networks Work) April 29, 2013: All the “best of” or “holiday gift” lists come out in December and January, when books that had our attention in the early (still chilly, here in New Jersey) days of spring have gotten buried beneath . . . let’s say autumn leaves and winter snows.  Here’s a quick list of newish poetry books currently or very recently on my mind, for [...] by Evie Shockley

Poet LaTasha Diggs Can Get Major Work Done on Black Feminism in the Dominican Republic…with Your Help January 11, 2013: While we sit at our desks (albeit a lovely occupation), the more adventurous among us (that's one LaTasha Diggs) are hoping to do some research at The Transnational Black Feminist Conference in March. Why, you ask? Diggs explains her campaign right here in this video. "I have been invited to participate in a weeklong, grassroots [...] by Harriet Staff

The Poetry Project’s Swinging in Spring with Thurston Moore & John Zorn May 2, 2012: Wow wow! It's springtime and all is abloom! For those of us in the arts, it also means it's benefit season! If you're in the New York area, this one is plenty worth the duckets: At The Poetry Project's SPRINGING Benefit--Thurston Moore & John Zorn! More info: Duo action! John Zorn on reeds. Thurston Moore plays electric guitar. The [...] by Harriet Staff