Jared Smith's Links

Interesting and Useful Links

Listed in No Apparent Order

The three most important links for poetry in the Rocky Mountain west are for The Colorado Poets Center, with a listing and web-link for the most widely published poets in Colorado; the Internet Poets Co-Op, with lots of free poems, recordings, links, and digital work; and The Colorado State Poets Assocation, with a regional listing and schedule of events. With these three links, you can find almost anything.

Wind Publications: a great independent press for novels, poetry, and nonfiction: http://windpub.com/

Sampsonia Way: an online magazine sponsored by City of Asylum/Pittsburgh celebrating literary free expression and supporting persecuted poets and novelists worldwide: www.sampsoniaway.org

The New York Quarterly: the leading poetry magazine concentrating on Craft with regard to all schools of poetry across the nation since 1969: www.newyorkquarterly.com

Boston Area Small Press Review: an ongoing literary review blog of the Small Press World, complete with interviews, reminiscences, and archives written by poet Doug Holder, Editor of The Ibbetson Street Press and literary editor of The Somerville News: www.dougholder.blogspot.com

The Pedestal: an award-winning, on-line literary magazine from North Carolina that features both new and famous writers, along with intelligently written literary and music reviews. You can submit on-line as well, at: www.thepedestalmagazine.com

The Academy of American Poets: the largest and most influential poetry organization prior to The Poetry Foundation. Publishers of the annual Walt Whitman Award, among others, it's worth becoming a member of: www.poets.org

An Everywhere Oasis: Literary works of Alan Harris...free and on-line...independent poetry, essays, photos and website design. This is what the Web can do: www.alharris.com

Illinois State Poetry Society: what more need be said? Every poet should support their state poetry society and help build the culture around them: www.illinoispoets.org

Two sites for the first independent bookstore in France to carry Jared's books: www.outlawpoetry.com/category/jared-smith/ and theshop.free-jazz.net/jared-smith/shop/books

Home page for Luke Salisbury, award winning author of Hollywood And Sunset, as well as several earlier successes in the Small Press World. A remarkable site: www.lukesalisbury.com

Home page for Walter James Miller, a major poet, critic, playwright, translator, and Professor Emeritus at New York University, where he teaches The Great Books Program: www.waltertalksbooks.com

Birch Brook Press, run by Tom Tolnay, who worked with Harry Smith at The Smith, this press publishes very fine books on antique hand-set presses, and distributes not only in this country, but Canada and Europe as well: www.birchbrookpress.info

The Puddin'head Press is the largest independent press and bookseller in Chicago. This website lists not only their authors' books, but also those of the other small presses in Chicago—as well as a huge inventory of books that are hard to come by: www.puddinheadpress.com

Alternative blues music and poetry in Chicago: www.jacksalamander.com

Gloria Mindock's Cervena Barva Press is very interesting, encouraging work by Central and Southern Europeans, among others: www.cervenabarvapress.com

Len Fulton's Dustbooks site has all the information you need for success in the Small Press World, whether as a publisher or author: www.dustbooks.com

The award-winning DuPage Symphony Orchestra, which Jared is on the board of: www.dupagesymphony.org

Two of the widely differing faces of poetry that are a part of Chicago, and there are many others: www.poetryfoundation.org, and www.chicagopoetry.com

Don Lev's Home Planet News, because Don has been in the middle of the New York literary scene and the national Small Press scene at its best for years: www.homeplanetnews.org

Get a copy of Tire-Grabbers and shards from John Bennett, the editor of Vagabond Press during the 70s and 80s...still writing biting commentary today. Visit www.hcolompress.com and order one.

Don't forget to visit Rhino, "the little magazine with a big horn." www.rhinopoetry.org