Harriet: News & Community

Since when was Comic Sans lowbrow? According to Mashable, it was used to announce one of the most highbrow discoveries in recent history: "The Higgs Boson particle, discovered in 2011,...

One hundred years ago this month, Harriet Monroe published the first issue of Poetry in Chicago. To mark the occasion, we've put together a little history of how Poetry has...

To celebrate Poetry magazine's centennial, we asked our former web producer (and inhouse mixologist) Brian West to develop a special cocktail. The concoction Brian whipped up is an inspired, sparkling...

We love celebrating the books of Banned Books Week. One book we love to celebrate any week is Howl, and now you can hear Kim Addonizio read part of "America"...

From the LA Times blog: Nguyen Chi Thien, 73, the acclaimed author of "Flowers from Hell," was revered for his modesty and remarkable creativity, thriving through 27 years of imprisonment,...

You were directed to Catherine Wagner's newest, Nervous Device, just the other day. Lucky for us, Wagner has just been interviewed about the book at Art Animal. Elizabeth Coleman mentions...

Flying Object is a wonderful, community-oriented space. And they're about to turn three! This means it's time for their Epic Raffle, which will bring together a host of good folks,...

Hooray for Sarah Crossland, winner of The Boston Review's 2012 poetry contest! Crossland's poems, chosen by judge Matthea Harvey, will be featured in the Review's November/December issue. Head over to...

Check out this LitBridge interview with Mary Biddinger about, among other things, how to deal with family reaction to one's writing. Here's the opening. Make the jump to read the...

Here's a Guardian profile of poet Alice Oswald—recently "slayed" by Jason Guriel, and less recently withdrawing from the T.S. Eliot prize. A teaser: Which artists do you most admire? At the moment, I...