Shanna Compton Celebrates Joyce Mansour November 13, 2012: We're thrilled to see Shanna Compton spreading the good word about Joyce Mansour, surrealist poet, feminist icon, and apartment neighbor to Edmond Jabès. In case you haven't come across Mansour's work, Compton succinctly lays out who she was over at The Best American Poetry blog: Joyce Mansour was born in England, Joyce Patricia Adès, [...] by Harriet Staff

A Must-Read Post for Women Poets—And Everyone Else August 15, 2012: Over at Best American Poetry, some of our favorite poets--Sandra Simonds, Sina Queyras, Elisa Gabbert, Shanna Compton, Juliana Spahr, Vanessa Place and Danielle Pafunda--had a great discussion about being a woman in the literary world and its accompanying blogosphere. While it's frustrating that certain poets are invited on to panels just to [...] by Harriet Staff

Commit to poetry! January 12, 2011: Finding yourself short of New Year's resolutions that can actually stick? Try committing to publish at least three pieces on poetry in 2011. Shanna Compton has even created a helpful support group on Facebook to keep you on track. There are no rules, the only thing you need to do is "Just engage with some poems. Publicly." The open invitation [...] by Harriet Staff