Harriet: News & Community
A literary blog about poetry and related news
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffNovember 6, 2013
Well, oh well. There's a new biopic out, exploring the life and legacy of Elizabeth Bishop, but the Voice doesn't recommend that you see it. The film, Reaching for the...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffNovember 6, 2013
How dull and uninspired your morning would be without this phantasmagoria of a review by Parul Sehgal, of a new Marianne Moore biography called Holding On Upside Down. It sounds...
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From Poetry MagazineBy Daniel TiffanyNovember 6, 2013
© Zheyna Nesterov [Note: This post is part of a new monthly series on the Editors' Blog in which we feature a guest post from a contributor to Poetry's current...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffNovember 6, 2013
Portland, Oregon kicks off its first-ever Poetry Press Week this Thursday with readings of new work by Matthew Dickman, Carl Adamshick, Britta Ameel, Zachary Schomburg, and Ashley Toliver. According to...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffNovember 5, 2013
Scenario: you've been crushing real hard on that super sensitive poet hunk for so long, but don't know how to propose you two engage in some autumn snuggling. He's holding...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffNovember 5, 2013
We're excited to see that one of our favorite presses, Les Figues Press, now has their own PennSound page. Yesterday, PennSound posted two features (readings and conversations) with a host...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffNovember 5, 2013
It looks like book buyers in October were lifting some serious poetry, according to our friends at SPD. Their best-sellers list is now live, here. Things are looking great these...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffNovember 5, 2013
Edmund Berrigan has a new book of poems out called Can It!, published by Letter Machine Editions. Connor Fisher takes a moment to review it, over at HTML Giant. The first...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffNovember 5, 2013
Yeah, that's right, the reading you've been waiting for! One of Harriet's feature bloggers, Nick Twemlow, and the ever-awesome Shanna Compton will be reading next Wednesday (that's November 13th)...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet StaffNovember 4, 2013
A good one: Jackie Clark reviews nineties (Tea Party Republicans Press 2013) by Lucy Ives for The Rumpus. "What does it mean to be a girl? Does it mean anything?...