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Dear Readers

Originally Published: December 18, 2009

2009 has been quite a year for Harriet. The blog has published hundreds of posts by scores of writers, received thousands of comments, and been visited by a record number of readers. This fall our traffic has been at an all-time high, and so it appears that the trend is continuing upwards. We’d like to offer our sincere thanks to everyone who has helped make the space what it is. We hope that the new year brings more glad tidings, comments, visitors, and, of course, engaging discussion.

As we’ve noted before, the blog is an on-going experiment, and we’re constantly looking for ways to improve the experience. To that end, we’re replacing the like/dislike function in the comments section with a “report this comment” button. Moving forward, if you find a comment to be off-topic or abusive, please use the “report” button and the Harriet staff will be duly notified. The general comments policy remains the same.

We appreciate your patience, and we look forward to a new year of fruitful discussion in 2010.

But before we get to the new year, let’s look back once more at the remarkable year that was. Below, you’ll find the Top 10 most-viewed posts of the past year, along with the Top 10 most-viewed articles of the past year. As you'll see, we covered a lot of ground together. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Catherine Halley and Travis Nichols

The Most-Viewed Posts on Harriet in 2009:

#1) "Craig Arnold" by Don Share

#2) "Plath As A Major Poet" by Annie Finch

#3) "Political Economy" by Eileen Myles

#4) "It's Always a Bad Time for Poetry" by Kenneth Goldsmith

#5) "'Poets Really They're the Laziest Supidest People I Know'" by Kenneth Goldsmith

#6) "Hayden Carruth 1921-2008" by Joel Brouwer

#7) "I Hate Poetry" by Eileen Myles

#8) "The Inaugural Poem" by Travis Nichols

#9) "Real Life" by Don Share

#10) "Post on the Post" by Eileen Myles

The Most-Viewed Articles in 2009:

#1) "Flarf is Dionysus. Conceptual Writing is Apollo." by Kenneth Goldsmith