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A literary blog about poetry and related news
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffOctober 31, 2017
At the New York Times, Dwight Garner reviews a new volume of Federico GarcÃa Lorca's poetry, translated into English by Sarah Arvio. Garner explains, by way of introduction to the volume, "Lorca...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffOctober 31, 2017
Literary Hub investigates five lit witches from Taisia Kitaiskaia's book Literary Witches, with illustrations by Katy Horan (Seal Press, 2017). Included in this abridged compendium is one of our favorite...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffOctober 31, 2017
Iowa City's Press-Citizen spotlights Christopher Merrill, the director of the University of Iowa's International Writing Program. Apparently, the man is fond of traveling! He's "probably traveled to more countries than...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffOctober 31, 2017
Juneau Empire introduces readers to young poet Ben Miller, who writes from the experiences of his peer group, gay and transgender teens in Alaska. Ray Friendlander writes, "He was looking...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffOctober 30, 2017
Writers, artists, critics, directors, designers, filmmakers, administrators, assistants, curators, and others in solidarity with art workers are signing a letter in droves today. Aptly titled "Not Surprised," after Jenny Holzer, the condemnation follows the...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffOctober 30, 2017
Richard Sandomir reports on the death of an influential poet and activist in New York's East Village, Fay Chiang. Chiang is the author of three poetry collections that explore life...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffOctober 30, 2017
Y'all: If you didn't hear how stunning the recent Bay Area Judy Grahn reading was, then you most certainly reside beneath a rock unshaped by poetry (ours is very cozy, thank...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffOctober 30, 2017
An interview with Eugene Ostashevsky is at Psychology Today! The multilingual poet and translator from the Russian talks about the natural playfulness that knowing more than one language lends to his...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffOctober 30, 2017
We heard of today, and welcome, the return of Court Green, now as an independent, online literary magazine (previously attached to Columbia College Chicago) and edited by Tony Trigilio, David...
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Featured BloggerBy Jill MagiOctober 30, 2017
Our poetry friends have tremendous influence on us—on what we read, how we write, who we write for, and for some of us, how we teach. My friend Jennifer Firestone...
