Harriet: News & Community
A literary blog about poetry and related news
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Featured BloggerBy Allison Adelle Hedge Coke May 15, 2023
Editor's Note: This is the second installment in a three-part essay. Read Part I here. The part where we state some of the ecological issues within the State of the field. The US publishing industry...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet Staff May 15, 2023
Dear Readers, In April 2021 we relaunched Harriet and began featuring a weekly poetry news roundup curated by Amira Hanafi for the Poetry Foundation. For the latest poetry-related news from around...
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Featured BloggerBy Nilufar Karimi May 8, 2023
Editor's Note: This is the second installment in a three-part essay. To read the first installment, visit this link: Part I. The word arrhythmic, from the Greek arrhythmos or without rhythm, did not always have...
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Featured BloggerBy Alexandra Lytton Regalado April 24, 2023
I thought I knew something about loss. Fireworks burst over the Salvadoran coast, blue, red and green, each pulse a heartbeat, a flower blooming then wilting, the spit and crackle...
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Featured BloggerBy Allison Adelle Hedge Coke April 17, 2023
One day before his 45th birthday, on April 1, 1984, the Prince of Soul, Prince of Motown, the iconic and widely beloved singer songwriter Marvin Gaye was assassinated by his father...
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Archive Editor's NoteBy Robert Eric Shoemaker April 4, 2023
 … to leave the curtains open, step away, and make more space for others to enter.
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Featured BloggerBy Nilufar Karimi April 3, 2023
How to wash a heart: Remove it.                 –Bhanu Kapil  Then I felt his knocking ]] inside my chest.    ...
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From Poetry MagazineBy The Editors March 31, 2023
April is Poetry Month, which means it’s also a great time for free poetry! Free Poetry for Everyone We’re thrilled to offer a free download of the April 2023 issue of Poetry...
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Featured BloggerBy Armen Davoudian March 27, 2023
Editor’s Note: This is the third installment in a three-part essay. To read the first two installments visit these links: Part I and Part II. In the previous part of this essay, I...
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Featured BloggerBy Karthika Naïr March 20, 2023
I tumbled into poetry twice. Both times, dance and the dysfunctional body, mentioned in earlier posts, catalyzed the deep-dive. The first time was as a child and nascent reader; then...
