Harriet: News & Community

Over at the Kenyon Review blog, poet and former Typing Explosion star Sierra Nelson explains why Cephalopods (crustaceans belonging to the phylum mollusca such as octopus, squid, and cuttlefish) are...

Pixie-dust infusion shoots steady shock through incline— is that crooked or slyster meat tong, grabbing hold of night so as not to pulse so bright past outcome Pardon the excess—it’s a point to make that out...

Speaking of Coleridge and opium (wait, wasn't someone talking about Coleridge and opium? Really? No one?) one-time poet and all-time rounder Nick Tosches talks with hubba hubba foodie Anthony...

Barnes & Noble was once the undisputed king of the retail book world. Now, a perfect storm of industry changes may lead to its dethronement. Julie Bosman at the...

For the first time since its publication, Anne Carson’s art-book-elegy, Nox, has tumbled out of the top ten on this week's contemporary best seller list. Nox arrives this week...

In Long Beach, Ca., there’s a new place to submit poetry: community drop boxes. According to a local business organization, the innovative idea is meant to boost business as well...

Taoiseach Brian Cowen, the head of government in Ireland, recently placed the onus on poets to get the country “back on track.” Ireland is a “brand” and the arts...

A new poem from Jennifer L. Knox up at the Continental Review.

Some residents of Morgantown, W. Va., have recently awoken to find unsolicited poetry strewn on their doorsteps and porches. The poems are all signed by “The Midnight Poet” and are...

Thirty-four years after UNESCO sponsored the first ever dub poetry conference in Paris, dub poetry trailblazer Yasus Afari is calling for a renaissance of the form. At a recent conference...