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!
#poetry #poetryreading #birdinhand #SmartishPace #HOTL #Bmoreart #BaltimoreArt #Baltimore
#poetry #poetryreading #birdinhand #SmartishPace #HOTL #Bmoreart #BaltimoreArt #Baltimore
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
💥 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
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!
#poetry #poetryreading #SmartishPace #Poets #HOTL #openmic #poet
#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!
#poetry #poetryreading #SmartishPace #Poets #HOTL #openmic #poet
#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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#poetry #SmartishPace #SmartishPacePoet #Poets #poems #poet #AmericanPoetry #AmericanPoet
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
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
@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.
#SmartishPace #Poetry
#SmartishPace #Poetry
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.
#SmartishPace #Poetry
#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.
#poetry #poetryreading #SmartishPace #Poets #creativewriting #AWP
#poetry #poetryreading #SmartishPace #Poets #creativewriting #AWP
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.
#poetry #poetryreading #SmartishPace #Poets #creativewriting #AWP
#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.
#smartishpace #smartishpacepoets
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.
#smartishpace #smartishpacepoets
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.
#smartishpace #smartishpacepoets
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
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
#bmoreart #art #artexhibition #contemporaryart #bmoreartists #MarkCameron #KristinFuller #StephenReichert #lookbusy
#bmoreart #art #artexhibition #contemporaryart #bmoreartists #MarkCameron #KristinFuller #StephenReichert #lookbusy
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 🚨
#citylit #smartishpace #baltimore #bmorepoetry #baltimorepoetry
#citylit #smartishpace #baltimore #bmorepoetry #baltimorepoetry
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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#poetry #SmartishPace #Poets #poems #reading #poet #AmericanPoetry #UnitedStatesPoetry #creativewriting #book #verse #literature #art #ContemporaryPoetry #awp #AWP25 #SmartishPacePoets #losangeles #losangelespoetry @awpwriter
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#poetry #SmartishPace #Poets #poems #reading #poet #AmericanPoetry #UnitedStatesPoetry #creativewriting #book #verse #literature #art #ContemporaryPoetry #awp #AWP25 #SmartishPacePoets #losangeles #losangelespoetry @awpwriter
New poetry from Paul Muldoon in Smartish Pace! Paul is published by @fsgbooks.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social Also AWP is next week, come to our off-site reading on Wednesday night! Open bar, free food, amazing poets, beautiful venue . . details in photos.
March 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
New poetry from Paul Muldoon in Smartish Pace! Paul is published by @fsgbooks.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social Also AWP is next week, come to our off-site reading on Wednesday night! Open bar, free food, amazing poets, beautiful venue . . details in photos.
Come to our #AWP Off-Site Reading on Wed. March 26th! Great lineup in a uniquely beautiful venue. Open bar & free food and if/when our loot runs out, a cash bar. We did this last year in KC and it was super duper - see you soon!
#AWPOffsite #AWP25 #poetry #smartishpace #countsden #LAPoetry
#AWPOffsite #AWP25 #poetry #smartishpace #countsden #LAPoetry
March 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Come to our #AWP Off-Site Reading on Wed. March 26th! Great lineup in a uniquely beautiful venue. Open bar & free food and if/when our loot runs out, a cash bar. We did this last year in KC and it was super duper - see you soon!
#AWPOffsite #AWP25 #poetry #smartishpace #countsden #LAPoetry
#AWPOffsite #AWP25 #poetry #smartishpace #countsden #LAPoetry
New poetry from @carolynroliver.bsky.social in Smartish Pace! See you all soon in LA at T540.
Carolyn Oliver is the author of The Alcestis Machine @acrebooks.bsky.social ; Inside the Storm I Want to Touch the Tremble @uofupress.bsky.social & (Seven Kitchens). She lives in Massachusetts.
Carolyn Oliver is the author of The Alcestis Machine @acrebooks.bsky.social ; Inside the Storm I Want to Touch the Tremble @uofupress.bsky.social & (Seven Kitchens). She lives in Massachusetts.
March 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
New poetry from @carolynroliver.bsky.social in Smartish Pace! See you all soon in LA at T540.
Carolyn Oliver is the author of The Alcestis Machine @acrebooks.bsky.social ; Inside the Storm I Want to Touch the Tremble @uofupress.bsky.social & (Seven Kitchens). She lives in Massachusetts.
Carolyn Oliver is the author of The Alcestis Machine @acrebooks.bsky.social ; Inside the Storm I Want to Touch the Tremble @uofupress.bsky.social & (Seven Kitchens). She lives in Massachusetts.
💡New poetry by @chotchandani.bsky.social in Smartish Pace!💡Hotchandani is the author of The Book Eaters, the 2023 @perugiapress.bsky.social winner & a debut book featured in @pw.org . She is a Goodrich Assistant Professor of English at the U. of Nebraska at Omaha.💡
#poetry #SmartishPace #Poets #Poet
#poetry #SmartishPace #Poets #Poet
March 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
💡New poetry by @chotchandani.bsky.social in Smartish Pace!💡Hotchandani is the author of The Book Eaters, the 2023 @perugiapress.bsky.social winner & a debut book featured in @pw.org . She is a Goodrich Assistant Professor of English at the U. of Nebraska at Omaha.💡
#poetry #SmartishPace #Poets #Poet
#poetry #SmartishPace #Poets #Poet
We'll see you soon at #AWP25 in LA! We've been to every AWP since 2003 and it always feels new and exciting thanks to all the new poets and readers we meet each year.
@awpwriter.bsky.social #AWP #SmartishPace #poets #poetry #creativewriting #losangeles #poems #poet
@awpwriter.bsky.social #AWP #SmartishPace #poets #poetry #creativewriting #losangeles #poems #poet
March 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
We'll see you soon at #AWP25 in LA! We've been to every AWP since 2003 and it always feels new and exciting thanks to all the new poets and readers we meet each year.
@awpwriter.bsky.social #AWP #SmartishPace #poets #poetry #creativewriting #losangeles #poems #poet
@awpwriter.bsky.social #AWP #SmartishPace #poets #poetry #creativewriting #losangeles #poems #poet
John Kinsella is the author of40+ books of poetry including Spirals, Collected Poems Volume Three (2014-2023) (UWA, 2024) and Insomnia @wwnorton.bsky.social 2020. A new selected poems, The Darkest Pastoral, will appear with W.W. Norton in 2025, as well as Aphoria, from Turtle Point Press.
March 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
John Kinsella is the author of40+ books of poetry including Spirals, Collected Poems Volume Three (2014-2023) (UWA, 2024) and Insomnia @wwnorton.bsky.social 2020. A new selected poems, The Darkest Pastoral, will appear with W.W. Norton in 2025, as well as Aphoria, from Turtle Point Press.
New poems by Beth Ann Fennelly in Smartish Pace! Beth is published by @wwnorton.bsky.social and others.
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#poets #poetry #smartishpace #smartishpacepoets #poetrycommunity
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#poets #poetry #smartishpace #smartishpacepoets #poetrycommunity
March 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
New poems by Beth Ann Fennelly in Smartish Pace! Beth is published by @wwnorton.bsky.social and others.
www.smartishpace.com
#poets #poetry #smartishpace #smartishpacepoets #poetrycommunity
www.smartishpace.com
#poets #poetry #smartishpace #smartishpacepoets #poetrycommunity