Harriet: News & Community
A literary blog about poetry and related news
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffApril 1, 2020
At The Rumpus, Wade asks Olzmann about his "work, his worldview, and how poetry can help us stay 'alive and full of wonder,'Â especially during difficult times."
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffMarch 31, 2020
Due to an increase in online sales, Portland's Powell's Books has rehired some of the 340 staff members laid off earlier this month.
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffMarch 31, 2020
At the New York Times, Emma Smith argues that, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, reading William Shakespeare's work "is narrative medicine."
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffMarch 31, 2020
"When Cathy Park Hong talks about the “minor feelings' that lend her new book its title, she’s talking about the angst of being a nonwhite person in the United States," writes Sophia...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffMarch 31, 2020
Poet Ted Rees offers a great remembrance that dives into the work of Sean Bonney for the recent issue of the Poetry Project Newsletter.
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffMarch 30, 2020
For BOMB, Emily Skillings interviews Asiya Wadud.
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffMarch 30, 2020
Today, the Academy of American Poets announced Threa Almontaser has been selected by Harryette Mullen as the winner of this year's Walt Whitman Award.
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffMarch 30, 2020
At the New York Times, Sandra Simonds brings to readers' attention a few great, new reads.
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffMarch 30, 2020
As we do every year in April, we’ll be bringing you a new blog post each weekday from past Harriet contributors.
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffMarch 30, 2020
In the coming weeks, BBC Arts will present "Culture in Quarantine."
