Smartish Pace
@smartishpace.bsky.social
Poetry magazine that publishes poems & translations, & hosts The HOT L Poets Series; est. 1998 by editor Stephen Reichert. Baltimore, MD. Smartishpace.com
💥 Today at 4pm, The HOT L Poets Series continues at Bird in Hand with poets Rick Hilles & Samyak Shertok! 💥 The reading includes an open mic so bring a poem to read!
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November 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
💥 Today at 4pm, The HOT L Poets Series continues at Bird in Hand with poets Rick Hilles & Samyak Shertok! 💥 The reading includes an open mic so bring a poem to read!
#poetry #poetryreading #birdinhand #SmartishPace #HOTL #Bmoreart #BaltimoreArt #Baltimore
#poetry #poetryreading #birdinhand #SmartishPace #HOTL #Bmoreart #BaltimoreArt #Baltimore
Clare Banks poetry reading for the release of her new book NOTES ON ENDINGS on September 27, 2025 at The Iy Bookshop in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Clare Banks Poetry Reading
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November 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Clare Banks poetry reading for the release of her new book NOTES ON ENDINGS on September 27, 2025 at The Iy Bookshop in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Poet Jennifer Keith read for us on Oct. 12th at The Ivy Bookshop - thanks to everyone who attended, that was a great crowd! We'll see you again on Sunday Nov. 9, 2025 at 4pm at Bird in Hand with poets Rick Hilles & Samyak Shertok!
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Jennifer Keith Poetry Reading
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October 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Poet Jennifer Keith read for us on Oct. 12th at The Ivy Bookshop - thanks to everyone who attended, that was a great crowd! We'll see you again on Sunday Nov. 9, 2025 at 4pm at Bird in Hand with poets Rick Hilles & Samyak Shertok!
#poets #smartishpace #poetryreading #HOTL
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Poet A.M. Juster read for us on Oct. 12th at The Ivy Bookshop
- thanks to everyone who attended, that was a great crowd! We'll see you again on Sunday Nov. 9, 2025 at 4pm at Bird in Hand with poets Rick Hilles & Samyak Shertok! #poets #poems
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- thanks to everyone who attended, that was a great crowd! We'll see you again on Sunday Nov. 9, 2025 at 4pm at Bird in Hand with poets Rick Hilles & Samyak Shertok! #poets #poems
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A. M. Juster Poetry Reading
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October 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Poet A.M. Juster read for us on Oct. 12th at The Ivy Bookshop
- thanks to everyone who attended, that was a great crowd! We'll see you again on Sunday Nov. 9, 2025 at 4pm at Bird in Hand with poets Rick Hilles & Samyak Shertok! #poets #poems
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- thanks to everyone who attended, that was a great crowd! We'll see you again on Sunday Nov. 9, 2025 at 4pm at Bird in Hand with poets Rick Hilles & Samyak Shertok! #poets #poems
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💥 Sunday October 12th, 4pm, The HOT L Poets Series continues at The Ivy Bookshop with poets A.M. Juster & Jennifer Keith! 💥 The reading includes an open mic so bring a poem to read!
#poetry #poetryreading #IvyBookshop #SmartishPace #Poets #HOTL #Bmoreart #SmartishPacePoets
#poetry #poetryreading #IvyBookshop #SmartishPace #Poets #HOTL #Bmoreart #SmartishPacePoets
October 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
💥 Sunday October 12th, 4pm, The HOT L Poets Series continues at The Ivy Bookshop with poets A.M. Juster & Jennifer Keith! 💥 The reading includes an open mic so bring a poem to read!
#poetry #poetryreading #IvyBookshop #SmartishPace #Poets #HOTL #Bmoreart #SmartishPacePoets
#poetry #poetryreading #IvyBookshop #SmartishPace #Poets #HOTL #Bmoreart #SmartishPacePoets
Many of you know Clare Banks from her role hosting The HOT L Poets Series & editing Smartish Pace, today she reads from her debut poetry collection, Notes on Endings, with poet Lindsay Bernal. Ivy Bookshop, 4pm.
September 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Many of you know Clare Banks from her role hosting The HOT L Poets Series & editing Smartish Pace, today she reads from her debut poetry collection, Notes on Endings, with poet Lindsay Bernal. Ivy Bookshop, 4pm.
Sunday! 4pm at the Baltimore Book Festival poets Eileen G’Sell & @haydensaunier.bsky.social read along with a few suprise poets. Stage located at 400 E 31st St, Baltimore, MD 21218 - we hope to see you there! Thanks to The Ivy Bookshop for sponsoring us!
September 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Sunday! 4pm at the Baltimore Book Festival poets Eileen G’Sell & @haydensaunier.bsky.social read along with a few suprise poets. Stage located at 400 E 31st St, Baltimore, MD 21218 - we hope to see you there! Thanks to The Ivy Bookshop for sponsoring us!
Forrest Gander is the author of 13 collections including Mojave Ghost (New Directions, 2024); Be With (New Directions, 2018), winner of the Pulitzer Prize; and Core Samples from the World (New Directions, 2011), a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize & the National Book Critics Circle Award. #poetry
July 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Forrest Gander is the author of 13 collections including Mojave Ghost (New Directions, 2024); Be With (New Directions, 2018), winner of the Pulitzer Prize; and Core Samples from the World (New Directions, 2011), a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize & the National Book Critics Circle Award. #poetry
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May 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Praise be the #poetry editors of these and other lit mags!
🖋️✏️For sustaining the soul 🪭🫶🏼
@fencebooks.bsky.social
@fiddlehd.bsky.social
@undpress.bsky.social
@passagesnorth.bsky.social
@senecareview.bsky.social
@smartishpace.bsky.social
@vallummag.bsky.social
🖋️✏️For sustaining the soul 🪭🫶🏼
@fencebooks.bsky.social
@fiddlehd.bsky.social
@undpress.bsky.social
@passagesnorth.bsky.social
@senecareview.bsky.social
@smartishpace.bsky.social
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Today! June 8, 2025 at 4pm, The HOT L Poets Series continues at The Ivy Bookshop with poets Reginald Harris & G. H. Mosson! The reading includes an open mic so bring a poem (1 poem, 3 min. or less). Now in our 7th year, the reading series is sponsored by Smartish Pace & Baltimore Poets Theatre.
June 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Today! June 8, 2025 at 4pm, The HOT L Poets Series continues at The Ivy Bookshop with poets Reginald Harris & G. H. Mosson! The reading includes an open mic so bring a poem (1 poem, 3 min. or less). Now in our 7th year, the reading series is sponsored by Smartish Pace & Baltimore Poets Theatre.
💥 This Sunday! May 11th at 4pm the HOT L Poets Series features poets @hollykarapetkova.bsky.social & @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social at The Ivy Bookshop on the covered patio! The reading includes an open mic so bring a poem to read!
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#poetry #poetryreading #SmartishPace #Poets #HOTL #openmic #poet
May 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
💥 This Sunday! May 11th at 4pm the HOT L Poets Series features poets @hollykarapetkova.bsky.social & @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social at The Ivy Bookshop on the covered patio! The reading includes an open mic so bring a poem to read!
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#poetry #poetryreading #SmartishPace #Poets #HOTL #openmic #poet
Here's part of Christopher Childers poem "Miasma" that appeared in Smartish Pace having won our Erskine J. Poetry Prize. The poem was later selected for the current volume of The Best American Poetry.
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May 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Here's part of Christopher Childers poem "Miasma" that appeared in Smartish Pace having won our Erskine J. Poetry Prize. The poem was later selected for the current volume of The Best American Poetry.
#poetry #SmartishPace #SmartishPacePoet #Poets #poems #poet #AmericanPoetry #AmericanPoet
#poetry #SmartishPace #SmartishPacePoet #Poets #poems #poet #AmericanPoetry #AmericanPoet
John Kinsella is the author of 40+ poetry books including Spirals (2014-2023) (UWA, 2024) & Insomnia (@wwnorton.com 2020). A new selected poems, The Darkest Pastoral, will appear with W.W. Norton early in 2025, as well as Aphoria, a collection of poems from Turtle Point Press.
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John Kinsella reading "Europa"
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May 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
John Kinsella is the author of 40+ poetry books including Spirals (2014-2023) (UWA, 2024) & Insomnia (@wwnorton.com 2020). A new selected poems, The Darkest Pastoral, will appear with W.W. Norton early in 2025, as well as Aphoria, a collection of poems from Turtle Point Press.
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Bruce Snider is the author of Blood Harmony (@uwiscpress.bsky.social 2025); Fruit (UofWI, 2020); Paradise, Indiana (@pleiadesmag.bsky.social / @lsupress.bsky.social 2012) & The Year We Studied Women (UofWI, 2003). He lives in Baltimore & teaches in the Writing Seminars at @jhu.edu. #SmartishPace
May 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Bruce Snider is the author of Blood Harmony (@uwiscpress.bsky.social 2025); Fruit (UofWI, 2020); Paradise, Indiana (@pleiadesmag.bsky.social / @lsupress.bsky.social 2012) & The Year We Studied Women (UofWI, 2003). He lives in Baltimore & teaches in the Writing Seminars at @jhu.edu. #SmartishPace
Chris Nealon reading in The HOT L Poets Series on Mar. 9th. Our next reading is on Sun. May 11, 2025 (4pm) at the Ivy Bookshop (Baltimore) with poets @hollykarapetkova.bsky.social & @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social! Readings sponsored by Smartish Pace & Baltimore Poets Theatre.
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Chris Nealon Poetry Reading
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May 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Chris Nealon reading in The HOT L Poets Series on Mar. 9th. Our next reading is on Sun. May 11, 2025 (4pm) at the Ivy Bookshop (Baltimore) with poets @hollykarapetkova.bsky.social & @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social! Readings sponsored by Smartish Pace & Baltimore Poets Theatre.
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@iancappelli.bsky.social's writings appear in Beloit Poetry Journal, Bennington Review, Best New Poets, Blackbird, @rhinopoetry.bsky.social, @theiowareview.bsky.social, The Journal and @westbranchmagazine.bsky.social. He is a creative writing (poetry) PhD student at the @uofdenver.bsky.social.
May 4, 2025 at 3:32 AM
@iancappelli.bsky.social's writings appear in Beloit Poetry Journal, Bennington Review, Best New Poets, Blackbird, @rhinopoetry.bsky.social, @theiowareview.bsky.social, The Journal and @westbranchmagazine.bsky.social. He is a creative writing (poetry) PhD student at the @uofdenver.bsky.social.
@arpagain.bsky.social is the author of a book of poems, How to Remember The World (Foothills, 2018), and two chapbooks of poetry, Song of Days, Torn and Mended (Alice Blue, 2015) and Bread and Water Body (Merriam Frontier Prize, 2003). She lives and works in Missoula, MT.
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April 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
@arpagain.bsky.social is the author of a book of poems, How to Remember The World (Foothills, 2018), and two chapbooks of poetry, Song of Days, Torn and Mended (Alice Blue, 2015) and Bread and Water Body (Merriam Frontier Prize, 2003). She lives and works in Missoula, MT.
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#SmartishPace #Poetry
Adam Grabowski is author of the chapbook Go On Bewilderment (Attack Bear Press, 2020). He is currently the associate poetry editor for The Maine Review and a special education teacher in the Springfield, MA Public Schools system.
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April 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Adam Grabowski is author of the chapbook Go On Bewilderment (Attack Bear Press, 2020). He is currently the associate poetry editor for The Maine Review and a special education teacher in the Springfield, MA Public Schools system.
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#poetry #poetryreading #SmartishPace #Poets #creativewriting #AWP
Kimberly Esslinger in Smartish Pace!
Kimberly Esslinger’s poetry has been nominated for a #pushcartprize and Best of the Net & appears in @calyxpress.bsky.social @chironreview.bsky.social Nerve Cowboy & Spillway. She holds an MFA in poetry from CSU Long Beach.
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Kimberly Esslinger’s poetry has been nominated for a #pushcartprize and Best of the Net & appears in @calyxpress.bsky.social @chironreview.bsky.social Nerve Cowboy & Spillway. She holds an MFA in poetry from CSU Long Beach.
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April 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Kimberly Esslinger in Smartish Pace!
Kimberly Esslinger’s poetry has been nominated for a #pushcartprize and Best of the Net & appears in @calyxpress.bsky.social @chironreview.bsky.social Nerve Cowboy & Spillway. She holds an MFA in poetry from CSU Long Beach.
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Kimberly Esslinger’s poetry has been nominated for a #pushcartprize and Best of the Net & appears in @calyxpress.bsky.social @chironreview.bsky.social Nerve Cowboy & Spillway. She holds an MFA in poetry from CSU Long Beach.
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Tomorrow! Sunday April 13th at 4pm, poets @brandelfrance.bsky.social & @christianteresi.bsky.social read for us at The Ivy Bookshop! Includes an open mic so bring a poem to read.
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April 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Tomorrow! Sunday April 13th at 4pm, poets @brandelfrance.bsky.social & @christianteresi.bsky.social read for us at The Ivy Bookshop! Includes an open mic so bring a poem to read.
#SmartishPace #PoetryReading #HOTL #BmoreEvents #HOTLPoetsSeries #Poets #Poetry #BaltimoreEvents
#SmartishPace #PoetryReading #HOTL #BmoreEvents #HOTLPoetsSeries #Poets #Poetry #BaltimoreEvents
Opening Saturday night! 5pm - 10pm at The Fox Building. An art exhibition featuring Mark Cameron, Kristin Fuller, & Stephen Reichert (Smartish Pace). Details: Mark, Kristin & Steph
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April 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Opening Saturday night! 5pm - 10pm at The Fox Building. An art exhibition featuring Mark Cameron, Kristin Fuller, & Stephen Reichert (Smartish Pace). Details: Mark, Kristin & Steph
#bmoreart #art #artexhibition #contemporaryart #bmoreartists #MarkCameron #KristinFuller #StephenReichert #lookbusy
#bmoreart #art #artexhibition #contemporaryart #bmoreartists #MarkCameron #KristinFuller #StephenReichert #lookbusy
🚨 Hey Baltimore! Saturday, 9:30am-5pm, visit our table at @CityLitProject - wl have free issues of Smartish Pace, fancy t-shirts & our unwavering good cheer! The event is held at Lord Baltimore Hotel 🚨
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April 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
🚨 Hey Baltimore! Saturday, 9:30am-5pm, visit our table at @CityLitProject - wl have free issues of Smartish Pace, fancy t-shirts & our unwavering good cheer! The event is held at Lord Baltimore Hotel 🚨
#citylit #smartishpace #baltimore #bmorepoetry #baltimorepoetry
#citylit #smartishpace #baltimore #bmorepoetry #baltimorepoetry
🚨 Hey Baltimore! This Saturday, 9:30am-5pm, visit our table at @CityLitProject - we’ll have free issues of Smartish Pace, fancy t-shirts & our unwavering good cheer! The event is held at Lord Baltimore Hotel 🚨
#citylit #smartishpace #baltimore #bmorepoetry #baltimorepoetry
#citylit #smartishpace #baltimore #bmorepoetry #baltimorepoetry
April 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🚨 Hey Baltimore! This Saturday, 9:30am-5pm, visit our table at @CityLitProject - we’ll have free issues of Smartish Pace, fancy t-shirts & our unwavering good cheer! The event is held at Lord Baltimore Hotel 🚨
#citylit #smartishpace #baltimore #bmorepoetry #baltimorepoetry
#citylit #smartishpace #baltimore #bmorepoetry #baltimorepoetry
See you soon in LA! Table T540.
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March 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
See you soon in LA! Table T540.
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