Smartish Pace: Issue 26

New poems by Gilbert Allen, Rennie Ament, Chanel Brenner, Leila Chatti, Nancy Chen Long, Samuel Cheney, Patricia Clark, Leigh Anne Couch, Armen Davoudian, Gregory Djanikian, Alana Folsom, Brandi George, Charity Gingerich, Eamon Grennan, Christian Gullette, Julie Hanson, Rachel Harkai, J.M. Jordan, Annie Kantar, Cindy King, David Kirby, Dorian Kotsiopoulos, Heather Lanier, Amy S. Lerman, Nate Maxson, Medbh McGuckian, Carrie Moran, Brianna Noll, Dan O'Brien, Gregory Orr, Kathleen O'Toole, Rosali Pereira Espinosa, Kevin Phan, Marjorie Saiser, Natasha Sajé, John Smith, Jordan Smith, Donna Spruijt-Metz, Noah Warren, Jason Whitmarsh, Jennifer Wholey, and Connor Yeck.

“Founded in 1998, Smartish Pace, a Baltimore literary magazine, has published an impressive roster of poets.” —Poets & Writers Magazine

“Stephen Reichert is the editor of the much admired, relatively new poetry journal Smartish Pace. The website (www.smartishpace.com) does supplement its hard-copy issues...the site is also home to ‘Poets Q & A,’ the first of its kind on the Internet.” —The Chronicle of Higher Education

“The magazine has become a welcome home to some of this generation’s most prestigious poets...in fact, Reichert’s modest tome has managed to publish new works from the last three Pulitzer Prize winners in poetry....” —Baltimore Magazine

“Obscure” —Newsweek

“Devoted entirely to poetry, Smartish Pace is a physically beautiful specimen...and bravo, too, to Smartish Pace for giving us so many intelligent and finely wrought poems. May they keep up the pace for many more years.” —NewPages.com

“Beyond merely Smartish, the smartest thing to come out of Baltimore’s rich literary life in some time is Smartish Pace.” —RADAR magazine

“I enjoyed every moment I spent at smartishpace.com, and I didn’t miss a single page. The poetry is exceptional and the reviews interesting. Plan on visiting the site and make sure you bring your coffee, a snack, and have lots of time to visit every section. It is definitely worth the read.” —InkThoughts.com

“How fast exactly is a Smartish Pace? If momentum means anything to this devourable, young magazine, Baltimore had better build another lane among its literary innerbelts.” —Virginia Foundation for the Humanities

“A handsome journal!” —Stephen Dunn, poet and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry

“Smartish Pace is gorgeous! A veritable moveable feast!” —Maurya Simon, poet

“Smartish Pace manages to remain open to all the tributaries streaming into the American poetry tradition.” —Tyrone Williams, poet

“Smartish Pace is looking good!” —Marilyn Nelson, poet

“This is a fine place in which to find one’s own work amidst work by favorite contemporaries.” —Henry Taylor, poet & winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry

“Smartish Pace is wonderful, filled with music and wisdom.” —David Citino, poet

“It’s wonderful—nicely edited, well produced, fantastic poems! Don’t change a thing!” —Kevin Prufer, poet

“I admire the catholicism (with a small c) of Smartish Pace. Can’t remember a magazine previously willing to print Clayton Eshleman, Diane Wakoski, and me too. A handsome magazine that knows what it’s doing.” —X.J. Kennedy, poet

“I very much enjoyed Smartish Pace, which had work by some poets I’ve long admired...also, the overall publication—even to the feel of the paper—was attractive.” —Rachel Hadas, poet

“A well-designed, well-printed magazine of poetry.” —Catharine Savage Brosman, poet