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A literary blog about poetry and related news
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffAugust 10, 2015
At Publisher's Weekly, writer Naja Marie Aidt lines up "10 best novels by poets," and it's not what you'd think (no New York School writer in the bunch!); instead, an...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffAugust 7, 2015
What was your first reaction to T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land? On the fiftieth anniversary of Eliot's death, and impending re-issue of the collection, The Independent's Sean O'Brien recounts what...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffAugust 7, 2015
At The Conversant, Andy Fitch engages Daniel Borzutzky in a dialogue exploring translation, Chile, Chicago, and the current state of higher education in the United States. More: After publishing my...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffAugust 7, 2015
"Each fall the Academy of American Poets presents a series of events over three days in New York City that explore the ever-changing landscape of contemporary poetry in America." And...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffAugust 7, 2015
Juliana Spahr is interviewed at SF Weekly! Evan Karp asks her all the right questions for The Write Stuff, including how she talks about what she does, if she considers...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffAugust 6, 2015
Although Carrie Lorig's collection, The Pulp Vs. The Throne, sounds like it comes with a sci-fi twist, the result is frighteningly more realistic than that. John Rufo writes: "Though the...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffAugust 6, 2015
With the publication of his latest book The Complete Muhammad Ali, poet, novelist, and playwright Ishmael Reed continues to prove himself a literary heavyweight. Angela Hill at the Contra Costa...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffAugust 6, 2015
What was it like when you first read T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"? At The New York Times, Mark Levine remembers his first encounter with the...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffAugust 6, 2015
A crucial new issue of Evening Will Come is out, compiled and edited by Brandon Shimoda in remembrance of the 70th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August 6 and 9)....
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffAugust 5, 2015
Photo by Bryony McIntyre. Literary Hub Contributing Editor, Adam Fitzgerald, speaks with Fred Moten about a wide-range of topics in this recent interview, including--but certainly not limited to--Harold Bloom and...