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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffJune 12, 2015
At Artforum, Amy Taubin writes about New York poet and filmmaker Stephanie Gray, whose three-evening retrospective at Anthology Film Archives, “Super 8mm Poetics: The Films of Stephanie Gray,” "coincides with...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffJune 12, 2015
Next weekend, witness Popsickle #6: a literary festival in the heart of Brooklyn that will feature more than 40 writers, musical performances, a gallery of comic art and more. The...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffJune 12, 2015
By now you have probably heard that the world lost a jazz giant yesterday: Ornette Coleman died at the age of 85. At Locus Solus, Andrew Epstein traces a few...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffJune 12, 2015
At NPR: Lawrence Ferlinghetti, at age 96, "isn't done yet." "Today, he's still co-owner of City Lights, one of the most celebrated independent book stores in America. These are quieter...
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Featured BloggerBy CAConradJune 12, 2015
We had no idea what to expect, but we knew we loved puppets. My friend Elizabeth and I desperately needed jobs and while I was busy trying to think...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffJune 12, 2015
What to read after The Argonauts? Maggie Nelson recently visited The Library of America's blog Reader's Almanac and listed six books that influenced her newest work. More: For the relaunch...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffJune 11, 2015
We're still completely thrilled that Juan Felipe Herrera will become the next U.S. Poet Laureate. For Herrera-newcomers, be sure to check out Jacket Copy for a great intro to his...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffJune 11, 2015
We'd be remiss if we didn't put your attention to a unique event--the result of a meeting of minds at the recent NADA New York--betwixt Mexico City's library-art-archive-space Aeromoto and...
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From Poetry MagazineBy Lindsay GarbuttJune 11, 2015
From the cover of Richard Siken's War of the Foxes; artwork by David de las Heras. The Reading List is a feature of Poetry magazine’s Editors’ Blog. This month contributors...
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Poetry NewsBy Michael SlosekJune 11, 2015
Anthony Madrid contemplates the Beautiful in his new poem "It Is with Words as It Is with People" today on PoetryNow. The poem begins: It is with words as it is...