Harriet: News & Community

At Los Angeles Review of Books, Matt Reeck relishes in Nathanaël's translation of Édouard Glissant's Soleil de la conscience.

Mental Floss reports on a new app that presents Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in the original 14th-century English.

Lyn Innes writes a heartfelt obituary for Edward Kamau Brathwaite.

Music & Literature's new issue features a review of Genya Turovskaya's much-anticipated first full-length, The Breathing Body of This Thought.

Samantha Neugebauer writes about Jill Magi's recent book, Speech.

Giovanni Russonello writes about drummer and producer Makaya McCraven's newest project which delves into Gil Scott-Heron's final album, I'm New Here.

Last month, thieves broke into Portland's independent bookshop Passages, breaking glass display cases and stealing over 100 valuable items including a book of Patti Smith's lyrics.

Talya Zax underscores the significance of Claude McKay's Romance in Marseille, which is finally being published after waiting some 87 years.

The Poetry Society of America has honored Toi Derricotte with the 2020 Frost Medal for lifetime achievement in poetry.

Poets and writers remember songwriter, musician, and poet David Berman, who died last year, for a tribute at The Believer.