Welcome Lisa Jarnot January 2, 2013: With a new year upon us, we're thrilled to have Lisa Jarnot as our first Featured Blogger here on Harriet. Starting with Lisa, we will feature a new poet every month as a way of offering our readers a look into the ideas that shape and drive a diverse array of contemporary poetry. Tune in every day for the latest poetry news and check in [...] by Harriet Staff

Michael Davidson’s Foreword to Robert Duncan: The Ambassador from Venus September 25, 2012: Many thanks to Poetry Daily for posting Michael Davidson's foreword to Lisa Jarnot's much anticipated biography of Robert Duncan. Here's a taste of the first paragraph—be sure to jump over and check out the rest! Robert Duncan's life offers a particular challenge for the biographer. He was a widely respected, if determinedly [...] by Harriet Staff

Jarnot’s Duncan Reviewed at SFGate August 28, 2012: At SFGate, Seth Lerer offers a review of Lisa Jarnot's Robert Duncan: The Ambassador from Venus. Lerer reminds us that, "This book offers not only the story of a writer but a definition of a city's poetics." He goes on: Of course, not everyone who lived and wrote in San Francisco in the 1950s and 1960s held identical points of view and [...] by Harriet Staff

Lisa Jarnot’s Duncan Biography Due Out in May February 16, 2012: We've just heard word that Lisa Jarnot's biography of Robert Duncan is due out in May. Some of us at Harriet have been waiting since our early twenties for this to be published (we know, that doesn't tell you much). Let's just say it's very, very exciting. From the UC Press website, here's a bit about The Ambassador from Venus: A [...] by Harriet Staff