Hot L Poets Series: Featuring Tracy Dimond and Justin Marks
Sunday January 12, 2025 at 4 p.m., The HOT L Poets Series continues at Bird in Hand Coffee & Books with poets Tracy Dimond and Justin Marks! The reading includes an open mic so bring a poem (1 poem, 3 min. or less). In their 7th year, the reading series is sponsored by Smartish Pace and Baltimore Poets Theatre. Hosts: Clare Banks, David Yezzi, Stephen Reichert Art and Traci Lynn.
Tracy Dimond is a 2016 Baker Artist Award finalist. She is the author of the full length poetry collection, Emotion Industry (Barrelhouse), and four chapbooks, including: TO TRACY LIKE / TO LIKE / LIKE (akinoga press) and Sorry I Wrote So Many Sad Poems Today (Ink Press), winner of Baltimore City Paper’s Best Chapbook. She holds her MFA in Creative Writing & Publishing Arts from the University of Baltimore MFA in Creative Writing and Publishing Arts. Find her online at poetsthatsweat.com.
Justin Marks is the author of The Comedown (Publishing Genius), You’re Going to Miss Me When You’re Bored (Barrelhouse), A Million in Prizes (New Issues Magazine), and the chapbook We Used to Have Parties (Dikembe Press). He is a co-founder of Birds, LLC, an independent poetry press and lives in New York with his family.
