Richard Blanco in Conversation at Poets.org January 21, 2013: In anticipation of President Obama's Inauguration on January 21, the Academy of American Poets staff spoke with Richard Blanco about writing an inaugural poem, using art to mark significant occasions and the relationship between identity and poetry. In the interview, Blanco talks about returning to previous inaugural poems for inspiration, [...] by Harriet Staff

Academy of American Poets Elects Three New Chancellors January 17, 2013: The Academy of American Poets has elected three new Chancellors to their board! We at Harriet would like to congratulate Marilyn Nelson, Claudia Rankine, and C. D. Wright. "Selected by the current Board of Chancellors, Nelson, Rankine, and Wright will serve as ambassadors of poetry and advocate for the organization's programmatic work. They [...] by Harriet Staff

Tagore’s Soul and Raymond Carver’s “Happiness” February 29, 2012: Diving into the Poetry magazine archives, we came across this minimal ad for Rabindranath Tagore’s Sheaves: Poems and Songs on the back of the February 1933 issue: New poems by India’s beloved prophet and seer, whose verse, like his life, is distinguished by simplicity, strength and delicacy. Poetry introduced Tagore to the [...] by Lindsay Garbutt