Harriet: News & Community

Poet, critic, and former Harriet blogger Thom Donovan has recently written about an exhibition, How To Do Things With Words, curated by Melanie Crean, which features art engaging with the...

There’s been a flurry of discussions lately (or maybe there always is) over the importance of critical writing for poets and poetry. However, most of these discussions are focused...

Slate has excerpted Chad Harbach's n+1 essay on MFA programs and NYC literary culture to no small amount of hoopla. Like a good fight promoter, Harbach knows what will get...

Syrian poet Adonis gives a rare interview to The National, in which he discusses poetry, history, and politics. In a conversation about his new Selected Poems, he says that...

An image of Boba Fett, made out of letters, and appropriately titled "Boba Font." Ha! Visual poetry at its cleverest.

This week, actress Amber Tamblyn talked about her love for poetry with the New York Post. As Harriet readers know, she’s been writing poetry even before her acting career took...

In an effort to create a sustained literary reputation for John Updike (doesn’t he already have one?), the John Updike Society held its first conference last month. The conference,...

Bob Hoover at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was happy that the National Book Awards honored Carnegie Melon's Terrance Hayes for his poetry. But other than that? Harumph: Ultimately, it's the...

Actor and playwright Christopher Cartmill performs Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King this Friday at the Art Institute of Chicago. He took a moment to talk to Harriet about...

We know, we know, the above heading takes a website with a punning name, “Twinnegans Wake,” and makes another, lesser pun of it. Lame. However, it couldn’t be...