The Prose Poem as Mysterious Man with an Accent April 26, 2013: Like many immigrants, the prose poem arrived in the U.S. too late in its development to ever pass as wholesomely American. Something in its tone, in the weight of its silences, will always give it away as having come here from somewhere else. It will never entirely lose its accent. In anthologies and magazines, it makes other poems feel [...] by Idra Novey

Seven Questions for Matthea Harvey December 12, 2012: Over at A Public Space is a short interview with poet and children's book author Matthea Harvey! Apparently, Harvey secretly takes pictures of identical twins in airports! But there's also poetry: ...I spend a lot of time writing poems, thinking about writing poems, freezing miniatures in ice cubes and photographing them, and making [...] by Harriet Staff

Boston Review Announces 2012 Poetry Contest Winner October 4, 2012: Hooray for Sarah Crossland, winner of The Boston Review's 2012 poetry contest! Crossland's poems, chosen by judge Matthea Harvey, will be featured in the Review's November/December issue. Head over to the Boston Review website for a sample poem! by Harriet Staff

Matthea Harvey on Telettrofono July 30, 2012: We reported on Matthea Harvey's audio walking tour of Staten Island recently. Now, Artlog offers this feature, including interviews with Harvey and her collaborator Justin Bennet. A sample: Artlog: How did you become involved with this project? MH: [stillspotting curator] David van der Leer asked Justin Bennett to do a soundwalk [...] by Harriet Staff

NPR’s Morning Edition and LARB Celebrate the Olympics with Poetry July 27, 2012: Happily, the Poetry Parnassus seems to have inspired a wellspring of poetic events. First, NPR's Morning Edition is hosting a poetry competition every morning next week, somewhat in the style of the original Olympics in ancient Greece: From the far reaches of the globe, we've invited poets to compose original works celebrating [...] by Harriet Staff

Check out Poet Matthea Harvey’s Walking Tour of Staten Island July 12, 2012: “Humans, let me tell you something. Mermaids, sirens, shipwreckers, whatever you call us on a particular day; we don’t abandon the sea for love or legs. We fling ourselves onto the shore for sound.” So begins sound artist Justin Bennett and poet Matthea Harvey’s audio tour of Staten Island, which combines history with fantasy to tell [...] by Harriet Staff

A Glass Glass Factory July 1, 2009: Hi again, Harriet! By the way, I’m the media assistant here at the Poetry Foundation. I’ll be posting until the end of the summer, when I’ll leave to begin a PhD program in Comp Lit at Northwestern, where I’ll work on classical and contemporary poetry. When I began taking poetry workshops in college and forming an inkling of what [...] by Katie Hartsock