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Smartish Pace 2014 “The Pushcart Prize” Nominations
December 1st, 2014 Jeffrey Bean: “It’s Morning in Michigan” Robert Kohen: “Wilderness Quartet” Melissa Monroe: “Family Outfit” Chrys Tobey: “Dear Monday” Tomas Tranströmer, trans. Patty Crane: “The Forgotten Captain” Amie…
Read MoreMark Strand Dies
November 29th, 2014 It is a puzzle, he is one of the people I thought would never die. His 2000-ish library of congress reading began with “So, I don’t have…
Read MoreCharles Wright, New US Poet Laureate
June 12th, 2014 Charles Wright will be the next Poet Laureate, kicking off his tenure with a Sept. 25 reading of his work. Wright has 24 poetry collections and two…
Read MoreSmartish Pace 2013 Pushcart Prize Nominations
December 1st, 2013 From Smartish Pace, Issue 20 Carson Cistulli: “Young People Will Have White Hair” Leah Falk: “Westview Cemetery” Andrea Henchey: “The Moon Is So Smart” Timothy Liu: “The Garden…
Read MoreSmartish Pace Poem on Poetry Daily
May 20th, 2013 Maurice Manning’s poem “Going Back to Bimble” appears in Smartish Pace, Issue 20, and re-appears at Poetry Daily. Read the poem here. Thanks Poetry Daily!
Read MoreMatt McBride & Amy Woolard Nominated for Best New Poets
April 15th, 2013 Smartish Pace nominated Matt McBride’s poem “Cities of Advertisers” and Amy Woolard’s poem “A Girl Gets Sick of a Rose” for the 2013 Best New Poets anthology. SP is proud to have…
Read MoreParty & Reading Tonight! Saturday April 13th
April 13th, 2013 Issue 19 Reading & Party (with The Great American Canyon Band!) April 13th, 2013 (7:00pm) — (11:00pm) LOCATION: CopyCat Building, 1501 Guilford Ave Baltimore, MD 21202 COST:…
Read MoreSP Poet Stephanie Schlaifer on the Radio
April 8th, 2013 Stephanie Schlaifer was featured on UMSL’s Women In The Arts broadcast and read “Pictures of the Floating World” from Smartish Pace, Issue 20. Listen here.
Read MoreErskine J. Poetry Prize Announced
January 13th, 2013 Here are the winners of the 2012 Erskine J. Poetry Prize. All poems will be published in Smartish Pace. First Prize: “The Moon Is So Smart” by Andrea HencheySecond…
Read More2012 Beullah Rose Poetry Prize
December 22nd, 2012 Judges Clare Banks and Traci O’Dea have selected the winners of the 2012 Beullah Rose Poetry Prize. All poems will be published in Smartish Pace, Issue 20. 1st…
Read MoreSP Pushcart Prize Nominations
November 29th, 2012 Smartish Pace 2012 Pushcart Prize Nominations, made by Editor Stephen Reichert From Issue 19 (April, 2012) Sherman Alexie: “Sonnet, With Snow”Aaron Belz: “Strong Emotions”Alison Pelegrin: “Pantoum of the…
Read MoreJack Gilbert Dies
November 13th, 2012 Poet Jack Gilbert died Tuesday in Berkeley. He was 87 and had been in assisted care for three years due to dementia. In March, Alfred A. Knopf published Collected…
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