** Find us on Bluesky (@ smartishpace) ** Poetry magazine that publishes poems & translations, & hosts The HOT L series, est. 1998 by editor Stephen Reichert.

Joined April 2009
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Friday May 15th (5-8pm) at Fox Gallery (Hampden, Baltimore) join us for a happy hour reception for the exhibit "Affordance" featuring art by Mark Cameron, Kristin Fuller, and Stephen Reichert. Details: facebook.com/events/15428941… #bmoreart #art #artgallery #artexhibit #paintings
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Amy Raasch poetry reading for us at AWP. Part of the fun of the event was seeing inside an iconic space in Baltimore, a long-shuttered 19th-century church. We'll see you in Chicago! #smartishpace #poetry #poetryreading #poet #AWP26 #AWP27 youtu.be/ZXGH-O03Fmk?si=0LYk… via @YouTube
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Poet @justinmarkspb reading for us at AWP. Justin Marks is the author, most recently, of If This Should Reach You in Time (@barrelhouse). He is a co-founder of Birds, LLC, and lives in Queens, NY. #AWP26 #AWP27 #SmartishPace #BarrelHouse youtu.be/fIXAqKP0ytA?si=fA6V… via @YouTube
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Marianne Chan reading for us at AWP Bmore! Marianne is the author of Leaving Biddle City (@sarabandebooks 2024) & All Heathens (Sarabande, 2020), winner of the GLCA New Writers Award. She has new poems in Smartish Pace. #AWP26 #SmartishPace youtu.be/jlpRP0iCy8k?si=XfUJ… via @YouTube
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Poet @CLycurgus in #32! Maybe order a copy at smartishpace.com. Cate is the author of Seacliff (@BullCityPress, 2025) & work appears in The Best American Poetry (@ScribnerBooks). She lives in San Jose where she interviews for @32_Poems & teaches. #AWP27 #SmartishPace
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Wayne Miller reading in The HOT L Poets Series at Bird in Hand; intro by Stephen Reichert. The HOT L Poets Series is presented by Smartish Pace & Baltimore Poets Theatre. Readings on the 2nd Sunday of the month. #poetry #poems #poetryreading youtu.be/VJ0BtXFoRcU?si=Plqz… via @YouTube
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Rebecca Aronson 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. youtu.be/WXTUKYkybZ8?si=RJ0_… via @YouTube
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This Sunday at 4pm, The HOT L Poets Series presents #poets John Wall Barger & Hillary Gonzalez at @TheIvyBookshop & the reading includes the best #openmic in town! Join us on the covered patio as we return to The Ivy for the summer! @johnwallbarger #poetry #bmoreart #poems
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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
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Tonight at this historic former church w/ 32 Poems, Barrelhouse & Smartish Pace, 5 min from AWP. Free beer & poetry. Part of the fun of this event is seeing inside an iconic long-shuttered 19th-c. church, but the venue is not ADA accessible & has quirky bathrooms. #awp26 #AWP
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Tonight at this historic former church w/ 32 Poems, Barrelhouse & Smartish Pace, 5 min from AWP. Free beer & poetry. Part of the fun of this event is seeing inside an iconic long-shuttered 19th-c. church, but the venue is not ADA accessible & has quirky bathrooms. #awp26 #AWP
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Tonight at this historic former church w/ 32 Poems, Barrelhouse & Smartish Pace, 5 min from AWP. Free beer & poetry. Part of the fun of this event is seeing inside an iconic long-shuttered 19th-c. church, but the venue is not ADA accessible & has quirky bathrooms. #awp26 #AWP
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Tonight! Start #AWP at this historic former church with @32_Poems @Barrelhouse & @SmartishPace 5 min from AWP. Free beer & poetry. Some of the fun is seeing inside an iconic long-shuttered 19th-c. church, but the venue is not ADA accessible & has quirky bathrooms. #AWP26 #Poetry
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Start your AWP on Wednesday night at this historic former church with @32_Poems, @barrelhouse & @SmartishPace! 5 min drive from AWP in beautiful Mt. Vernon. Thanks to Peabody Heights Brewery for their generous 🍺 sponsor. Admission is free. #AWP #AWP26 #poetrycommunity #litmag
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Poet @AFB16 reading her poem from the 25th anniversary issue of SP. See ya soon in our hometown at booth 844 & at evening readings on Wed, Fri & Sat. Stop by our booth, we'll give a Ted Talk on the best dive bars in town. #AWP #AWP26 youtu.be/5B3aeXFaNNs?si=YMnJ… via @YouTube

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Grab the new issue & come to our AWP readings on Wed & Fri nights at the historic Mt. Vernon Church. AMY RAASCH is a LA-based artist whose projects include the album Girls Get Cold, animated film Cat Bird Coyote and theatrical show The Animal Monologues. #AWP #AWP26 #Poetry
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Poet @cubist_octopus reading at @awpwriter for Smartish Pace. We'll see ya soon at booth 844 & at evening readings on Wed, Fri & Sat. Smartish Pace has been to every #AWP since '03 & we're excited to welcome you back to our hometown! youtu.be/bLyN0AT1xjg?si=x4Fy… via @YouTube
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Get your copy of Smartish Pace at #AWP. Judith Harris is published by @lsupress & her poem bats lead-off in issue 32. Cover art: Jackie Milad. Editor: Stephen Reichert. #JudithHarris #poetry #SmartishPace #Poets #poems #poet #creativewriting #StephenReichert #AWP #AWP26
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