The Believer Poetry Award Shortlist March 5, 2013: The Believer (no, not the Ryan Gosling movie that ne'er could, though we like him controversially pious) will announce the winner of their third-annual Believer Poetry Award in the next issue; for now, here's the shortlist (that's "five recent poetry collections they thought were the finest and most deserving of greater recognition"): The [...] by Harriet Staff

In The Believer, Diana Hamilton on Josef Kaplan’s Democracy Is Not for the People January 3, 2013: We are heartened: Diana Hamilton has reviewed Josef Kaplan's Democracy Is Not for the People (back in stock!) for The Believer! Will wonders never. You'll have to purchase the print issue go here to read the full text, but for now, enjoy the smartness of the excerpt: Most readers know that poetry does not function the same way essays [...] by Harriet Staff