Harriet: News & Community
A literary blog about poetry and related news
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Featured BloggerBy Austin Allen October 24, 2022
Asking how my criticism relates to my poetry is like asking how my obsessions relate to my compulsions. It’s a question I’m much too glad to answer. I like Jhumpa...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet Staff July 1, 2019
The Book of Baruch by the Gnostic Justin commanded Geoffrey Hill's attention for the final years of his life.
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet Staff July 1, 2016
News reached us this morning of the death of Geoffrey Hill at the age of 84. Alice Goodman, Hill's wife, confirmed his death today in a tweet. The Telegraph remembers Hill,...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet Staff September 4, 2015
"The first poet to rise to Geoffrey Hill's manifold challenges is Toby Martinez de las Rivas," writes Dai George for Boston Review. What might those be? How about guilt: "The...
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Poetry NewsBy Harriet Staff November 20, 2013
Today at the Guardian, Nicholas Lezard reviews the latest (and gargantuan) collection of poetical works by Geoffrey Hill. Lezard begins by reflecting on the fact that in 1985 no one...
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Featured BloggerBy Alan Davies April 4, 2013
As a younger writer / I read a lot of the work by my peers / as well as that written by the few generations prior to mine – much...
