💥 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
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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#poets #smartishpace #poetryreading #HOTL
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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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#poets #smartishpace #poetryreading #HOTL
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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
💥 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.
#poetry #SmartishPace #SmartishPacePoet #Poets #poems #poet #AmericanPoetry #AmericanPoet
#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
@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.
#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
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
🚨 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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#poetry #SmartishPace #Poets #poems #reading #poet #AmericanPoetry #UnitedStatesPoetry #creativewriting #book #verse #literature #art #ContemporaryPoetry #awp #AWP25 #SmartishPacePoets #losangeles #losangelespoetry @awpwriter
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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
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 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
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
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#poets #poetry #smartishpace #smartishpacepoets #poetrycommunity
@AllisonFieldBell.bsky.social is a PhD candidate in Creative Writing at @utah.edu & she has an MFA in Fiction from New Mexico State University. She is the author of Without Woman or Body (@finishinglinepress.bsky.social 2025) and Edge of the Sea (Cut Bank, 2025).
#poet #smartishpace #poetry
#poet #smartishpace #poetry
March 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
@AllisonFieldBell.bsky.social is a PhD candidate in Creative Writing at @utah.edu & she has an MFA in Fiction from New Mexico State University. She is the author of Without Woman or Body (@finishinglinepress.bsky.social 2025) and Edge of the Sea (Cut Bank, 2025).
#poet #smartishpace #poetry
#poet #smartishpace #poetry
Matthew Buckley Smith is the author of Midlife (Measure, 2024) and Dirge for an Imaginary World (Able Muse, 2012). He is Associate Editor of Literary Matters and he hosts the poetry podcast SLEERICKETS.
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#poetry #SmartishPace #poet #StephenReichert #AWP25 #SmartishPacePoet #MatthewBuckleySmith
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February 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Matthew Buckley Smith is the author of Midlife (Measure, 2024) and Dirge for an Imaginary World (Able Muse, 2012). He is Associate Editor of Literary Matters and he hosts the poetry podcast SLEERICKETS.
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#poetry #SmartishPace #poet #StephenReichert #AWP25 #SmartishPacePoet #MatthewBuckleySmith
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Katia D Ulysse reading her poem from Smartish Pace at @awpwriter.bsky.social - Katia is published by
@akashicbooks.bsky.social - we'll see you soon at AWP in LA, at table T540. Stop by and chat with us!
#SmartishPace #SmartishPacePoet #KatiaDUlysse #poet #AWP25 youtu.be/SKNiGYFjkuM
@akashicbooks.bsky.social - we'll see you soon at AWP in LA, at table T540. Stop by and chat with us!
#SmartishPace #SmartishPacePoet #KatiaDUlysse #poet #AWP25 youtu.be/SKNiGYFjkuM
Katia D Ulysse reading at AWP
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February 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Katia D Ulysse reading her poem from Smartish Pace at @awpwriter.bsky.social - Katia is published by
@akashicbooks.bsky.social - we'll see you soon at AWP in LA, at table T540. Stop by and chat with us!
#SmartishPace #SmartishPacePoet #KatiaDUlysse #poet #AWP25 youtu.be/SKNiGYFjkuM
@akashicbooks.bsky.social - we'll see you soon at AWP in LA, at table T540. Stop by and chat with us!
#SmartishPace #SmartishPacePoet #KatiaDUlysse #poet #AWP25 youtu.be/SKNiGYFjkuM
Donna Spruijt-Metz reading for us at AWP. We'll see you soon in LA, we'll be at T540, our 23rd year of attending AWP!
@dsmpoet.bsky.social @awpwriter.bsky.social #smartishpace #poet #AWP #AWP25 #poets #poems #poetry #SmartishPacePoets #creativewriting
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@dsmpoet.bsky.social @awpwriter.bsky.social #smartishpace #poet #AWP #AWP25 #poets #poems #poetry #SmartishPacePoets #creativewriting
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Donna Spruijt-Metz reading at AWP
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February 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Donna Spruijt-Metz reading for us at AWP. We'll see you soon in LA, we'll be at T540, our 23rd year of attending AWP!
@dsmpoet.bsky.social @awpwriter.bsky.social #smartishpace #poet #AWP #AWP25 #poets #poems #poetry #SmartishPacePoets #creativewriting
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@dsmpoet.bsky.social @awpwriter.bsky.social #smartishpace #poet #AWP #AWP25 #poets #poems #poetry #SmartishPacePoets #creativewriting
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Brian Barker is the author of The Black Ocean (SIU 2011), winner of the Crab Orchard Open Competition, and The Animal Gospels @tupelopress.bsky.social 2006. He teaches at the University of Colorado Denver where he is a Poetry Editor for Copper Nickel.
#smartishpace #brianbarker
#smartishpace #brianbarker
February 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Brian Barker is the author of The Black Ocean (SIU 2011), winner of the Crab Orchard Open Competition, and The Animal Gospels @tupelopress.bsky.social 2006. He teaches at the University of Colorado Denver where he is a Poetry Editor for Copper Nickel.
#smartishpace #brianbarker
#smartishpace #brianbarker
Todd Boss reading his poem from Smartish Pace at @awpwriter.bsky.social in KC. Todd's four books of poetry are published by @wwnorton.bsky.social
#AWP #AWP25 #SmartishPace #poet #ToddBoss #poetry #poems #creativewriting #SmartishPacePoet #Norton #AWP24
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#AWP #AWP25 #SmartishPace #poet #ToddBoss #poetry #poems #creativewriting #SmartishPacePoet #Norton #AWP24
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Todd Boss reading at AWP
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February 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Todd Boss reading his poem from Smartish Pace at @awpwriter.bsky.social in KC. Todd's four books of poetry are published by @wwnorton.bsky.social
#AWP #AWP25 #SmartishPace #poet #ToddBoss #poetry #poems #creativewriting #SmartishPacePoet #Norton #AWP24
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#AWP #AWP25 #SmartishPace #poet #ToddBoss #poetry #poems #creativewriting #SmartishPacePoet #Norton #AWP24
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Emily Schulten is the author of 3 books, most recently Easy Victims to the Charitable Deceptions of Nostalgia (White Pine). She is the Poet Laureate of the City of Key West & professor at The College of the Florida Keys. @emilyschulten.bsky.social #poetry #emilyschulten #smartishpace
February 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Emily Schulten is the author of 3 books, most recently Easy Victims to the Charitable Deceptions of Nostalgia (White Pine). She is the Poet Laureate of the City of Key West & professor at The College of the Florida Keys. @emilyschulten.bsky.social #poetry #emilyschulten #smartishpace
Louise Ling Edwards reading her poem from Smartish Pace at #AWP. We look forward to seeing you all soon in LA for
@awpwriter.bsky.social
#AWP24 #AWP25 #smartishpace #smartishpacepoet #LouiseLingEdwards #poet #poetry #poetryreading
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Louise Ling Edwards reading at AWP
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February 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Louise Ling Edwards reading her poem from Smartish Pace at #AWP. We look forward to seeing you all soon in LA for
@awpwriter.bsky.social
#AWP24 #AWP25 #smartishpace #smartishpacepoet #LouiseLingEdwards #poet #poetry #poetryreading
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