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“When you see the books and chapbooks represented at Poets House in any given year," poet Kimiko Hahn tells the New York Times, "you can see how poetry is not...

The age of Merwin is upon us! The poet’s latest collection, The Shadow of Sirius, jumped twenty spots to number one on the contemporary best seller list this week, as...

Poet Mark Nowak, who explored the mind-boggling loss and devastation that mining communities face around the globe in his book Coal Mountain Elementary, talks about that project on the latest...

The Houston literary journal Gulf Coast is donating the proceeds from new subscribers to help cleanup the Gulf. From their website: In light of the ongoing crisis in the Gulf...

When it comes to reading a book, a few things - titles on the front cover, text that is generally meant to read from beginning to end - are taken...

From the NYT: The archives of the proto-Pop artist Larry Rivers, who died in 2002, will arrive at New York University in a few weeks, filled with correspondence and other documents...

Ron Silliman has done some thinking about what role Merwin might play as the poet laureate, positioning him (hopefully) somewhere between "the bully," Charles Simic, and "the whisper," Louise Glück: Merwin...

Two reviews from the Harriet wire: 1) Whether or not Ben Mirov’s Ghost Machine was inspired by mind-body dualism or a psychedelic rock band, the work is rife with complexities and...

In an article entitled “Buses are a fare way to celebrate city poet,” (get it?) The Yorkshire Post reported that bus passengers in Hull have recently been granted the pleasure...

Poetry and theology may seem like strange bedfellows, yet according to theologian Jason Derr, the two couldn’t be a more perfect match. Derr argues that metaphor and poetic imagery have...