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A literary blog about poetry and related news
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffSeptember 1, 2017
The Creative Independent's Thora Siemsen talks to poet Sally Wen Mao about her poetry-writing process, attaining bouyancy in routine, the future, geography, the function of alterity, and hey, a lot...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffSeptember 1, 2017
"The poems of Uruguayan writer Marosa di Giorgio (1932 – 2004) are luscious, dark and gorgeous," writes Jessica Sequeira in a review of di Giorgio's eagerly anticipated I Remember Nightfall, a collection...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffSeptember 1, 2017
Our hearts are aflutter over this article by E. Ce Miller about erasure/found poetry's distant cousin, "Blackout Poetry," a phenomenon that's sweeping the web. At Bustle, Miller explains "The basic premise...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffAugust 31, 2017
Today, the Fanzine published Joyelle McSweeney's "The Toxic and the Lyric," the first essay in a new series that will cover "the toxic and the lyric; the political and the...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffAugust 31, 2017
Ange Mlinko's latest collection of poetry, Distant Mandate, nods to the artist's calling, but weaves through subjects that are a little less lofty, like "the binds of middle age," as...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffAugust 31, 2017
"What is After Hours Ltd.?" asks Catherine Blauvelt of New York Public Library's Collection Development. Well, it's a small chapbook press designed and curated by poet Eric Amling (and distributed by The...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffAugust 31, 2017
At Dennis Cooper's blog DC's, dive in to Nicole Brossard's vital 1987 novel Mauve Desert. Cooper compiles a vast compendium of links to interviews with Brossard, readings by Brossard, and...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffAugust 30, 2017
I ♥ John Giorno, "curated by Harry Burke, brings together John, his contemporaries, and a new generation of poets inspired by his work," writes Chantal McStay for the Paris Review Daily. The final...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffAugust 30, 2017
At the New Yorker, Adam Kirsch guides readers along the timeline of Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa's mysterious life and even more fascinating literary afterlife. Kirsch explains, "If ever there was a writer...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffAugust 30, 2017
Booksellers from all around are recommending forthcoming publications over at Nylon. "All of the following titles will be released in the coming months, so add them to your list," writes...
