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Harriet: News & Community

A literary blog about poetry and related news

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  • Foundation News
    April 1, 2024

    Kundiman was founded in 2004 to facilitate the creation of new literary work, foster mentoring relationships, and address challenges facing Asian American poets and writers. The organization creates an affirming...

    A large group of people consisting of Kundiman’s 2023 Retreat Fellows, Faculty, and Staff smiling on the steps of Fordham University’s Rose Hill campus.
  • Foundation News
    March 18, 2024

    Mission: Through the literary and performing arts, Southern Word offers creative solutions for youth to build literacy and presentation skills, reconnect to their education and lives, and act as leaders in...

    Adult man standing in front of a whiteboard with text on it while a student holds a piece of paper in front of himself and reads from it.
  • Foundation News
    March 4, 2024

    The Chicago Poetry Center (CPC) was founded in response to literary censorship trials in Chicago in the 1950s. The trials led local writers and editors to organize and begin building...

    A wide shot of a young student reading poetry to a seated audience at the All Schools Reading. Three other students stand in the background, awaiting their turn to read.
  • Foundation News
    February 19, 2024

    Puha Hubiya (PHO) addresses the under-representation and isolation of Indigenous authors in the literary landscape. PHO increases access to creative arts programs in rural Indigenous areas; mentors fledgling writers, artists, and...

    Room with about 15 people watching someone on a stage. The room has chairs, a long table, and photos hung on the wall.
  • Foundation News
    February 5, 2024

    Indigenous Nations Poets  (In-Na-Po) supports the writing, performance, and publication of poetry by student and adult writers who are members of tribal communities in the US and its territories. Founded...

    Group of Indigenous poets standing in a semi-circle before a wooded area.
  • Foundation News
    January 22, 2024

    Founded around a kitchen table in 2009, CantoMundo, which means “song-world” in Spanish, is a celebration of the worlds of song within Latinx communities, from its elders to its youth....

    A group of nine CantoMundo affiliates standing in two rows on the porch of the Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University.
  • Foundation News
    January 8, 2024

    University of Guam Press (UOG Press or “the Press”), which operates out of Mañgilao, Guam, is the US territory’s premier publishing house serving to educate the public on the unique...

    Young woman standing and holding a book while an audience of adults and kids looks on. They are on a beach in front of water on a clear day with two trees in the background.
  • Foundation News
    December 15, 2023

    CityLit Project’s executive director, Carla Du Pree, was 13 years old before she discovered the work of significant Black poets, such as Nikki Giovanni, Lucille Clifton, and Sonia Sanchez. Encountering...

    Six members of the CityLit Board with the Executive Director in the middle in front of the CityLit logo at the 2023 CityLit Festival’s Catching the Light with Joy. (l to r): Frances (Bunky) Markert, Tracy Dimond, Brian Lyles, Carla Du Pree (ED), Aditya De
  • November 28, 2023

    916 Ink envisions a Sacramento region where every child and teen can access culturally relevant creative writing programs. To this end, 916 Ink staff and volunteers facilitate programs for students...

    A class of students sit around a classroom with painted walls and shelves of tangible writing prompts and learn from a guest teaching artist standing at center of room.
  • Foundation News
    November 3, 2023

    Sundress Publications is led by more than 60 dedicated volunteers who are guided by the belief in the transformative nature of writing. The nonprofit publisher strives to help writers find...

    The farmhouse at Firefly Farms is a white house with green shutters. The image shows the front porch with porch swing, dirty boots, and garden gnome.