Harriet: News & Community
A literary blog about poetry and related news
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From Poetry MagazineBy Srikanth Reddy August 28, 2023
Through it all, I came to learn that literary magazines are more like ordinary families, and less like historical dynasties, than I’d previously imagined.
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From Poetry MagazineBy Srikanth Reddy November 3, 2021
My parents, both retired South Asian medical professionals, always wanted me to become an anesthesiologist someday. “Good pay, no night calls—and most of the time, your patients are unconscious,” they...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet Staff August 28, 2020
Dan Beachy-Quick and Srikanth Reddy talk about their new books, "poetry, history, repetition, and translation, among many other things," for BOMB this week.
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From Poetry MagazineBy Holly Amos May 22, 2020
Contributors to the May 2020 issue share some recommendations.
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet Staff April 5, 2018
Today we found out who the 2018 Guggenheim Fellows are, and in this year's class we spy a number of poets! A little about the award, first: On April 4, 2018,...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet Staff March 7, 2017
"The title of Eleni Sikelianos's latest collection of poetry, Make Yourself Happy, is a timely imperative for the new Dark Ages in which we find ourselves," writes Srikanth Reddy for...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet Staff June 23, 2015
In "The Technocrat's Guide to the Galaxy," poet Srikanth Reddy talks with Lucy Ives "about the possible plurality of worlds, poets as 'feeling machines,' and how to make an aesthetic...
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Open DoorBy Sara Wintz June 2, 2014
From the top left: Dorothea Lasky, Joshua Beckman, Timothy Donnelly, Terrance Hayes, Srikanth Reddy, Rachel Zucker Matthew Zapruder and I went toe-to-toe at Oakland's Boot and Shoe Service this weekend to...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet Staff January 11, 2013
Oscar nominations and Creative Capital Grants were announced in the same day! Hang on, there's a paperclip stuck in our hair. OK! We are heartened by Creative Capital's awarding of...
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By Rigoberto González April 25, 2011
The MFA writing workshop is only part critical feedback, and those enrolled in the Rutgers-Newark program know that I’m big on citizenship--on reading poetry books and reporting back with recommendations...
