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Philip Levine Named U.S. Poet Laureate
August 10th, 2011 Librarian of Congress James H. Billington appointed Philip Levine as the Library’s 18th Poet Laureate for 2011-2012. Levine’s duties will begin with a reading of his work at the Coolidge Auditorium on…
Smartish Pace Covers Roger Clemens Trial
July 13th, 2011 Our Editor Stephen Reichert is in an unique position to cover the Roger Clemens perjury trial in Washington, DC. Reichert played baseball in college after which he studied…
Rachel Bennett & SP Featured on Verse Daily
May 11th, 2011 Rachel Bennett’s poem “Dublin,” that originally appeared in Smartish Pace Issue 18 (2011), was featured today at Verse Daily.
Smartish Pace on the Radio Today
April 22nd, 2011 Smartish Pace Editor Stephen Reichert is interviewed by Baynard Woods on WYPR’s (NPR) The Signal. Listen here (24:45 mark in show). Stephen talks about editing and how poems are selected for Smartish Pace; and…
Smartish Pace on Tour!
April 20th, 2011 Your favorite literary magazine is on a world tour celebrating the release of Issue 18. Tour stops include readings by Smartish poets and, at some stops, bands. The first stop…
Wrisley & Gerard Nominated for Best New Poets
April 14th, 2011 Smartish Pace is pleased to announce our nomination of Jennie Wrisley, for her poem “The Blanks,” and Christian Anton Gerard, for his poem “What Makes a Life,” for inclusion…
“New” Elizabeth Bishop Letters in Smartish Pace
March 22nd, 2011 Issue 18 of Smartish Pace ships this week and includes 15 pages of correspondence between Elizabeth Bishop and editors of The New Yorker. These previously unpublished letters will appear here…
Facebook Crying Helps a Poem
January 7th, 2011 Eurydice by Sue Hubbard, which was painted over by Network Rail contractors, is being replaced after Facebook campaign. A mural poem composed to comfort travellers descending into…
Wislawa Szymborska Receives Order of the White Eagle
January 3rd, 2011 Nobel Prize-winning poet Wisława Szymborska has received the Order of the White Eagle, Poland’s highest distinction, in Krakow today. The poet, literary critic and translator has published…
Poetry Is King at Eliot Prize Readings in London
January 2nd, 2011 On the belief that poetry is indeed a growing, expanding art form, this year, Southbank Center will host its annual T.S. Eliot Prize Readings festival in larger…