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  • Archive Editor's Note
    By Robert Eric Shoemaker September 18, 2023

    “We believe that there is a public for poetry, that it will grow, and that as it becomes more numerous and appreciative the work produced in this art will grow...

    Black and white line-drawn cartoon of a hunched woman wielding a hammer over the horseshoe of a watching winged horse.
  • From Poetry Magazine
    By Esther Belin February 4, 2022

    I first became acquainted with the idea of poetry ancestors when I read a 2015 lecture by Joy Harjo. When she talked about ancestors of poems and poetry genealogies, I...

    Black and white photo of Esther Belin in a circle with "From the Guest Editor's Desk" to the side and a design of red waves with white dots around it
  • Poetry News
    By Harriet Staff October 28, 2014

    We're very grateful to Chris Mustazza and Al Filreis at PennSound for posting this series of recordings of Harriet Monroe, founder of Poetry magazine, and from whom this wee blog's...

  • Poetry News
    By Harriet Staff October 24, 2014

    Jennifer Moxley has a new website, and much of the content there already feels like an extension of her memoir writing in The Middle Room. Just up is a beautiful...