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Poet @stevenleyva.bsky.social reading at @awpwriter.org. Leyva is the author of The Understudy’s Handbook & The Opposite of Cruelty (Blair). Poems appear in @smartishpace.bsky.social.

C U in Chicago!

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Steven Leyva Poetry Reading
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May 11, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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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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Donna Spruijt-Metz reading at AWP
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February 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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@awrightawright.bsky.social reading at AWP! See you soon in LA. youtu.be/LgPEBS6PUKs?...

#poetry #poetryreading #SmartishPace #Poets #poems #reading #poet #creativewriting #StephenReichert #art #ContemporaryPoetry #AWP #AWP24 #AWP25 #SmartishPacePoets #AmyWright #ClareBanks
Amy Wright reading at AWP
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February 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Well, and here's a recording of my reading for THE HOT L POETS SERIES last month 🙃
Thank you @smartishpace.bsky.social for a great event!

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Burgi Zenhaeusern Poetry Reading
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January 10, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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💥 New poetry by @susanlleary.bsky.social in the 25th Anniversary issue of Smartish Pace. Grab your copy, link in bio.

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#susanleary #poetry #SmartishPace #Poets #poems #poet #stephenreichertart #creativewriting #verse #literature #StephenReichert
#AWP25 #SmartishPacePoet #PoetryMagazine
February 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Hailey Leithauser poetry reading celebrating The Best American Poetry 2025. The HOT L Poets Series is presented by Smartish Pace & Baltimore Poets Theatre. Readings are held on the 2nd Sunday of the month in Baltimore.

#SmartishPace #HOTLPoetsSeries #poet #HOTL #poems

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Hailey Leithauser Poetry Reading
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January 27, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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@jockeycornsilk.bsky.social reading his poem from #SmartishPace Issue 31, at #AWP in KC. Lloyd Wallace is an Assistant Editor of @poetrydaily.bsky.social & his writing appears in @greensbororeview.bsky.social @theiowareview.bsky.social @theiowareview.bsky.social & others.

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Lloyd Wallace reading at AWP
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February 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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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
March 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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@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).

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March 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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New poetry from Caroline Chavatel in Smartish Pace!

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#poetry #SmartishPace #carolinechavatel #SmartishPacePoet #Poets #poems #poet #AmericanPoetry #UnitedStatesPoetry #AmericanPoet #stephenreichertart #englishpoetry #creativewriting #verse #literature #StephenReichert #ContemporaryPoetry #AWP25
New poetry from Caroline Chavatel in Smartish Pace! ⚪️ #poetry #SmartishPace #carolinechavatel #SmartishPacePoet #Poets #poems #poet #AmericanPoetry #UnitedStatesPoetry #AmericanPoet #stephenreichertart #englishpoetry #creativewriting #verse #literature #StephenReichert #ContemporaryPoetry #ContemporaryPoet #AmericanPoet #AWP25 #PoetryMagazine #PoetryReview #PoetryJournal
February 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Rebecca Morgan Frank reading at AWP for Smartish Pace. Join us this year in our hometown of Baltimore, we'll be at booth 844 and we look forward to meeting you! We also have amazing off-site readings on Wednesday & Friday nights.

#AWP #AWP26 #SmartishPace #Poetry

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Rebecca Morgan Frank reading at AWP
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February 4, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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@rebeccaaronson.bsky.social reading in The HOT L Poets Series at Bird in Hand; intro by Clare Banks. The HOT L Poets Series is presented by Smartish Pace & Baltimore Poets Theatre. Readings on the 2nd Sunday of the month.

#Poetry #PoetryReading #SmartishPace #RebeccaAronson

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Rebecca Aronson Poetry Reading
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April 21, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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Thank you @mariannelchan.bsky.social, Leslie Harrison, @michaelmontlack.bsky.social, @christophernelson.bsky.social, Gregory Orr, and Amy Raasch for sending great poems to Smartish Pace!

#SmartishPace #pushcart #poetry #creativewriting #poet #poetrycommunity #poets #SmartishPacePoets #poetrylovers
December 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Rick Hilles reading in The HOT L Poets Series on Nov. 9, 2025. Join us tomorrow December 14th (4pm) with poets
@iamragesparkle.bsky.social & @burgi.bsky.social at Bird in Hand (Bmore)! #poetry #smartishpace #poetrycommunity #poet #creativewriting

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Rick Hilles Poetry Reading
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December 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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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
March 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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💡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
March 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Kim Addonizio reading for Smartish Pace at AWP 2024; her poetry appears in SP #30. Kim's recent books are Now We’re Getting Somewhere & Exit Opera / @wwnorton.bsky.social ** We're hosting a reading at AWP in LA on 3/26/25 - details soon! ** #SmartishPace #KimAddonizio #poet youtu.be/8WxQoxHz5V8?...
Kim Addonizio reading at AWP
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February 18, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Bruce Snider poetry reading celebrating The Best American Poetry 2025. The HOT L Poets Series is presented by
@smartishpace.bsky.social & Baltimore Poets Theatre. Readings on the 2nd Sunday of the month in Baltimore. #SmartishPace #HOTL #Poetry #POEMS #BruceSnider

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Bruce Snider Poetry Reading
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January 31, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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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.

#SmartishPace #PoetryReading #HOTL #BmoreEvents #HOTLPoetsSeries #Poets #Poetry #BaltimoreEvents
April 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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💥 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
May 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Samyak Shertok reading in The HOT L Poets Series on Nov. 9, 2025. Join us tomorrow December 14th (4pm) with poets
@iamragesparkle.bsky.social & @burgi.bsky.social
at Bird in Hand (Bmore)! #poetry #smartishpace #poetrycommunity #poet #creativewriting

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Samyak Shertok Poetry Reading
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December 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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💥 Sunday Dec. 14th 4pm, The HOT L Poets Series continues at Bird in Hand with @iamragesparkle.bsky.social & @burgi.bsky.social & includes the best open mic in town so bring a poem to read!

#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #creativewriting #openmic #SmartishPace #poets #poet #poems #books
December 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Amy Lerman reading for Smartish Pace at the @awpwriter.org. Say hi to Smartish Pace this year in Bmore at booth 844. Also come to our events on Wed, Fri & Sat nights!

#poetry #SmartishPace #Poets #poems #reading #poet #stephenreichertart #creativewriting #AWP #AWP26

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Amy Lerman reading at AWP
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February 5, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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Henry Israeli poetry reading celebrating The Best American Poetry 2025. The HOT L Poets Series is the work of Smartish Pace & Baltimore Poets Theatre. Readings are every 2nd Sunday of the month in BAL.

@saturnaliabooks.bsky.social @hisraeli.bsky.social #SmartishPace #HOTL

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Henry Israeli Poetry Reading
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January 27, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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Friday 3/6 (7pm), at this historic church, 5 minutes from AWP. Free event, wine & beer. Featuring Clare Banks, Jan Beatty, Armen Davoudian, Barbara Hamby, David Kirby, Campbell McGrath, Bradley Paul, Alexis Sears, Dean Smith, Chris Watkins & David Yezzi. #AWP #AWP26 #SmartishPace
March 6, 2026 at 3:17 AM