Experience Unlimited at the East Bay Poetry Summit June 17, 2013: I told lots of people that I was going to write about the East Bay Poetry Summit for Harriet’s "Open Door" series. And each time, I followed it up with a confession: “It was so wonderful, I have no idea how to write about it. Everyone will just think I drank the Kool-Aid!” I hoped that with enough time, I’d get some critical distance [...] by Anna Vitale

Last Chance to Submit Yourself to the Wonder Book Prize. . . May 15, 2013: We done told ya and told ya, but will wonders never: Today is the last day to submit to the first-annual Wonder book prize, judged by Macgregor Card: Please send in your submission tonight by Midnight (EST). We are accepting full-length manuscripts of any genre. The author of the selected manuscript will receive a $300 prize and [...] by Harriet Staff

Seth Abramson Reviews Mathew Timmons March 1, 2013: Seth Abramson's February poetry reviews are up at Huffington Post Books, and we're interested in the range and diversity of books he highlights. Happily, he includes an astute review of The New Poetics (Les Figues Press, 2010), by Mathew Timmons: Divided into more than 300 alphabetically-arranged chapters--some of which are blank but for [...] by Harriet Staff

Poetry’s Final Moments Caught on Film October 11, 2012: If you remember back to April when Kenny Goldsmith posted this essay by Vanessa Place declaring Poetry Is Dead (by her hand, mind you), you may have balked at such a brazen declaration. We now have video evidence of the slaying. The video is R-Rated, so if there are any small children in the room right now, you may want to cover their eyes. Many [...] by Harriet Staff

Kahnstallations July 19, 2012: Who: Mandy Kahn and other LA poets, Ali Heinwein What: Kahnstallations: Mandy Kahn's Poetry Installations and Musical Collaborations When: 31 May 2012, 8 PM Where: The Last Bookstore and The Standard Downtown, Los Angeles *** [caption id="attachment_50142" align="alignright" width="500" caption="Mandy Kahn at The Last Bookstore © [...] by David Shook