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Perhaps you've already heard about Google Translate's epic Jabberwocky fail. If not, the Google Empire has developed a translator specifically for poetry, and while Harriet loves a pie-in-the-sky idea, it...

Eels: An Exploration, From New Zealand to the Sargasso, of the World's Most Mysterious Fish is the title of James Prosek's new book (his first one was about trout). Prosek...

Since taking the helm of the Paris Review, editor Lorin Stein has made a number of changes at the storied publication. Here's one we love: the archives of the Review's...

Poetry has always been a matter of courtship for me. I have often felt as if I were waiting for it to appear, hoping for something epic (in structure if...

The photos of the Abu Ghraib torture victims struck a cord in poet Nick Flynn, and he followed the feeling until he found himself traveling to Istanbul to meet them...

Looks like all the moonbeams and starshine are starting to wear off. In an article titled "Even when I loved it, I secretly knew Beat poetry was rubbish,"Lucy Jones reveals a...

Professor of African American and African Studies Alexs Pate compares the structure and flow of rap lyrics to that of poetry in In the Heart of the Beat: The Poetry...

Preview There's no other literary event that combines showbiz glitz, adolescent angst, celebrity co-hosts and slam poetry quite like this. The Russell Simmons-produced documentary chronicling "Brave New Voices," the National...

This week, we're excited to start a new feature on Harriet called “Craft Work.” "Craft Work" will give over a portion of the blogging space to a rotating cast...