Fred Schmalz
@fredschmalz.bsky.social
Poet and artist. Recent writing in Places Journal, Zocalo, Puerto del Sol, Diagram. Recent exhibitions and performances at MCA Chicago, Grand Central Art Center. Book: Action in the Orchards (Nightboat 2019). Chicago-based. www.fredschmalz.com
fiberoptic hair, swelling and bruising, grim reaper son in law... worth thousands of words.
January 22, 2026 at 4:03 PM
fiberoptic hair, swelling and bruising, grim reaper son in law... worth thousands of words.
Who among us wouldn't take a sick day if that happened?
January 14, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Who among us wouldn't take a sick day if that happened?
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ICE just moved through Rogers Park, headed north into Evanston. The RP community response has not gotten slower in the winter. A lot of folks were out in the streets the moment they got off Lake Shore Drive. Everyone on the North Side is on high alert today. Stay ready.
December 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
ICE just moved through Rogers Park, headed north into Evanston. The RP community response has not gotten slower in the winter. A lot of folks were out in the streets the moment they got off Lake Shore Drive. Everyone on the North Side is on high alert today. Stay ready.
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The Pegasus Poetry Book Prize will recognize poets 40 and older with a $10,000 prize and publication for their first or second book. The inaugural winner will be named next fall.
Graywolf, Poetry Foundation Team on New Book Award
The Pegasus Poetry Book Prize will recognize poets 40 and older with a $10,000 prize and publication for their first or second book. The inaugural winner will be named next fall.
buff.ly
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The Pegasus Poetry Book Prize will recognize poets 40 and older with a $10,000 prize and publication for their first or second book. The inaugural winner will be named next fall.
October 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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In the 1970s, landlords burned their buildings for profit, displacing thousands of tenants in poor neighborhoods. For @thebaffler.com, I wrote about @benchansfield.bsky.social's excellent “Born in Flames” and the consequences of the arson wave. thebaffler.com/latest/ring-...
Ring of Fire | Michael Friedrich
A new book explores the incentives that sparked an arson wave in the Bronx during the 1970s.
thebaffler.com
August 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
In the 1970s, landlords burned their buildings for profit, displacing thousands of tenants in poor neighborhoods. For @thebaffler.com, I wrote about @benchansfield.bsky.social's excellent “Born in Flames” and the consequences of the arson wave. thebaffler.com/latest/ring-...
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Hi poetry reviewers, writers, readers: here’s a document I made of paying reviews markets. Holler at me if you see something that needs to be updated/deleted/added! 🙏 I would appreciate it. Would love this to be a community resource for freelance writers to be paid for their criticism.
Poetry Review Submissions: Paying Markets
docs.google.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Hi poetry reviewers, writers, readers: here’s a document I made of paying reviews markets. Holler at me if you see something that needs to be updated/deleted/added! 🙏 I would appreciate it. Would love this to be a community resource for freelance writers to be paid for their criticism.
more on the folk end of folk-rock, but Davy Graham & Shirley Collins Folk Roots, New Routes is super great.
July 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
more on the folk end of folk-rock, but Davy Graham & Shirley Collins Folk Roots, New Routes is super great.
lolz there already is a conduit books and it... isn't whatever this is. www.conduit.org/books
Conduit
Conduit is a biannual literary journal that is at once direct, playful, inventive, irreverent, and darkly beautiful.
www.conduit.org
April 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
lolz there already is a conduit books and it... isn't whatever this is. www.conduit.org/books
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We Walk Together
Installed in O’Hare airport Terminal 5 international arrival corridor.
Finally Max got to see my piece at O’Hare.
Installed in O’Hare airport Terminal 5 international arrival corridor.
Finally Max got to see my piece at O’Hare.
April 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
We Walk Together
Installed in O’Hare airport Terminal 5 international arrival corridor.
Finally Max got to see my piece at O’Hare.
Installed in O’Hare airport Terminal 5 international arrival corridor.
Finally Max got to see my piece at O’Hare.
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Issue 3 is here! 10 postcards with 10 poems by 10 amazing poets (Emma Bolden, Adam Clay, Jessica Cuello, Erin Dorney, Susan Leary, Erin Malone, Nora Nadjarian, Michael Robins, Diane Wald, and Jane Zwart). Order your copy at www.postcardlit.com/store today! Preorders and orders ship soon!
March 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Issue 3 is here! 10 postcards with 10 poems by 10 amazing poets (Emma Bolden, Adam Clay, Jessica Cuello, Erin Dorney, Susan Leary, Erin Malone, Nora Nadjarian, Michael Robins, Diane Wald, and Jane Zwart). Order your copy at www.postcardlit.com/store today! Preorders and orders ship soon!
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'your daughters take spoons
to devour the cakes we brought
propped on round white plates
they remind me of
the palm-sized paving stones
we pocketed last night on our walk home'
iambapoet.com/wave/21-fred...
to devour the cakes we brought
propped on round white plates
they remind me of
the palm-sized paving stones
we pocketed last night on our walk home'
iambapoet.com/wave/21-fred...
Fred Schmalz | wave 21 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Hear poet Fred Schmalz read poems exclusively for iamb. If you like The Poetry Archive, this poetry site is for you.
iambapoet.com
March 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
'your daughters take spoons
to devour the cakes we brought
propped on round white plates
they remind me of
the palm-sized paving stones
we pocketed last night on our walk home'
iambapoet.com/wave/21-fred...
to devour the cakes we brought
propped on round white plates
they remind me of
the palm-sized paving stones
we pocketed last night on our walk home'
iambapoet.com/wave/21-fred...
These books have four-digit numbers in the titles and are very, very good.
March 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
These books have four-digit numbers in the titles and are very, very good.
Tiny Bjilly’s Tjeerd Bongers
March 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Tiny Bjilly’s Tjeerd Bongers
I'm in her district. Sleepwalking through the last ten years, really.
March 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I'm in her district. Sleepwalking through the last ten years, really.
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CHICAGO! March 5! March 5!
@anandalima.bsky.social / @coffeehousepress.bsky.social / @meeklingpress.bsky.social / @martinezfjulian.bsky.social / @ezhang77.bsky.social
@anandalima.bsky.social / @coffeehousepress.bsky.social / @meeklingpress.bsky.social / @martinezfjulian.bsky.social / @ezhang77.bsky.social
February 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
CHICAGO! March 5! March 5!
@anandalima.bsky.social / @coffeehousepress.bsky.social / @meeklingpress.bsky.social / @martinezfjulian.bsky.social / @ezhang77.bsky.social
@anandalima.bsky.social / @coffeehousepress.bsky.social / @meeklingpress.bsky.social / @martinezfjulian.bsky.social / @ezhang77.bsky.social
Way, way gone (from the rotation)
February 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Way, way gone (from the rotation)
some mornings the lake is just right... Saturday was one of those mornings:
January 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
some mornings the lake is just right... Saturday was one of those mornings:
Chicago! Start your New Year with Poetry & Biscuits!
Carrie and I are excited to bring you readings by Natalie Eilbert, Donato Loia, Ruben Quesada, and Deborah Shapiro along with biscuits and cozy company.
Fri, Jan. 17 @ 7pm
2145 W Walton
RSVP to the biscuit maker: mailto:[email protected]
Carrie and I are excited to bring you readings by Natalie Eilbert, Donato Loia, Ruben Quesada, and Deborah Shapiro along with biscuits and cozy company.
Fri, Jan. 17 @ 7pm
2145 W Walton
RSVP to the biscuit maker: mailto:[email protected]
January 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Chicago! Start your New Year with Poetry & Biscuits!
Carrie and I are excited to bring you readings by Natalie Eilbert, Donato Loia, Ruben Quesada, and Deborah Shapiro along with biscuits and cozy company.
Fri, Jan. 17 @ 7pm
2145 W Walton
RSVP to the biscuit maker: mailto:[email protected]
Carrie and I are excited to bring you readings by Natalie Eilbert, Donato Loia, Ruben Quesada, and Deborah Shapiro along with biscuits and cozy company.
Fri, Jan. 17 @ 7pm
2145 W Walton
RSVP to the biscuit maker: mailto:[email protected]
Thanks so much, Jennifer.
December 31, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Thanks so much, Jennifer.
The new DIAGRAM is here and Susy and I have a visual poem in it. Check out the whole scene. @eldiagram.bsky.social www.thediagram.com/24_4/
December 31, 2024 at 5:40 PM
The new DIAGRAM is here and Susy and I have a visual poem in it. Check out the whole scene. @eldiagram.bsky.social www.thediagram.com/24_4/
I've found that real oatmeal reheats easily without getting gluey/mushy, so I take the half hour to make enough for the week and then portion it out every morning. it's WAY better (w/maple syrup and fruit).
December 13, 2024 at 3:09 PM
I've found that real oatmeal reheats easily without getting gluey/mushy, so I take the half hour to make enough for the week and then portion it out every morning. it's WAY better (w/maple syrup and fruit).
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The 2024 Poetry Award goes to Daniel Borzutzky for his collection “The Murmuring Grief of the Americas” (@coffeehousepress.bsky.social)
December 13, 2024 at 1:45 AM
The 2024 Poetry Award goes to Daniel Borzutzky for his collection “The Murmuring Grief of the Americas” (@coffeehousepress.bsky.social)