Harriet: News & Community

At The Guardian, reporters Alison Flood and Jade Cuttle write about National Poetry Day.

Caitlin Doyle considers how poet Richard Wilbur merged "his poetic vision with the world beyond the window" in a new essay for an online journal of literary criticism, Literary Matters.

John Burnside presents five poems that transcend traditional notions of poetry as elitist, such as Federico García Lorca's 1924 poem, 'Farewell,' for The Guardian. 

Surviving a loved one’s death has a way of removing filters from one’s life. Gone are the smokescreens.

Henk Rossouw spends time with Rodrigo Toscano (and his poems) at Tupelo Quarterly.

Stephanie Burt presents her most notable recent reads in her latest New York Times Book Review "Shortlist."

Visit Literary Hub to read Karen Solie's account of her time well spent with Anne Carson's work.

The funny thing about poems and playlists is that, for me, they both emerge from a similar locus of obsession.

The New York Times's occasional column, "The Enthusiast," invites contributors to write about their most treasured books and authors.

We are saddened to learn of the death of Jon Tribble, a poet and and managing editor of the Crab Orchard Review