Ben Lerner on Keith Waldrop’s Reissued Memoir February 26, 2013: In "Keith Waldrop's Haunted Realism," at The New Yorker, Ben Lerner writes of the poet and translator's memoir (Light While There Is Light, just reissued by Dalkey Archive) that "[e]ven in dreams, Waldrop is stuck with the merely real." It's a statement that contradicts an earlier faith in poetic imagination that Lerner connects to Wallace [...] by Harriet Staff

‘even more alive than we understand’—Michael McClure in Conversation January 17, 2013: Rebecca Foresman sat down with Michael McClure to discuss his poem "Mephisto 20," which as published in the latest issue of the New Yorker. Their conversation circles around the diverse sources of knowledge and inspiration that make up the poem. They start with the question of meditation: In a certain light, “Mephisto 20” seems to [...] by Harriet Staff

A pictorial “how to” for juggling three Elizabeth Bishop collections February 21, 2011: If William Logan's New York Times review of all things Bishop this Sunday didn't quite satisfy you're Bishop fever, then perhaps a little graphica? In the Barnes and Noble Review, cartoonist Ward Sutton offers a helpful users' guide to reading the new collections of Elizabeth Bishop's poetry, prose and correspondence with The New Yorker. Each [...] by Harriet Staff

The New Yorker’s probability problem January 7, 2011: Anne Hays's open letter to The New Yorker has been making the blog rounds for a couple of days, drawing out the usual dismissive responses that surface whenever anyone raises the issue of balance and fair representation in culture. For those of you just catching up, when Hays noticed that she received two issues in a row from The New Yorker [...] by Harriet Staff

Paging all Wii engineers, please report to the virtual tea party January 5, 2011: Flavorwire's Chelsea Bauch talks to Rae Bryant, editor of the online magazine Milk Moon Review, about the future she envisions for literature if it could embrace the full potential of the digital landscape. Offering soundtracks with your journal? Gargoyle Magazine has been doing that for years. Access to free online content with a paid [...] by Harriet Staff