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I want to thank Matthew Hamilton for taking the time to write this review of Soundtrack to a Fleeting Masculinity. I also want to thank Kissing Dynamite for publishing it. I’m honored that a review of my book contains references to heavy metal and Thomas Merton.

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The 2018-2019 Benjamin Schmitt Poetry Road Show is over. It was the great thrill of my life to share my poems in cities and towns across the PNW. An enormous thank you to everyone who bought a book, attended a reading, read/performed with me onstage, hosted an event/show, or offered support in another way. I’m not sure if or when another book will be released, so if you’d like to help a humble American poet buy diapers for his kids, you can do so by following the link on the Soundtrack to a Fleeting Masculinity page.

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I’d like to thank The Antioch Review for their continued support of my work.

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Did you know Soundtrack to a Fleeting Masculinity has a Goodreads page? If you’ve read the book, I’d love for you to rate it and/or comment on it.

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This Saturday, 5/11 the Benjamin Schmitt Poetry Road Show will be making waves in Green Lake. Kowabunga, dudes!

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National Poetry Month is almost over but there’s still time to support a poetry press, either by checking out my book or one of my publisher’s other offerings.

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This weekend the Benjamin Schmitt Poetry Road Show will be in full effect! On Saturday, 4/13 I will be reading at the Tsuga Fine Art Gallery in Bothell at 7 p.m. and on Sunday, 4/14 I will be reading in the National Poetry Month Festival at Third Place Books Ravenna at 6 p.m.

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I had a great time on the Rise Seattle Podcast talking about my latest book, Seattle, poetry, my life, and many other topics. You can listen to the full interview at the link above.

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I had an awesome time reading in the Ellensburg Inland Poetry Prowl yesterday! My brand new poem, “The Squatter”, will be hanging with some other fantastic poems and photographs at Gallery One for the next few weeks.

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I’m honored and excited to be reading some poems in the Inland Poetry Prowl this Saturday, 4/6 at 1 p.m.! https://www.inlandpoetry.com/

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Honored to have a review of a poem from Soundtrack to a Fleeting Masculinity included in the New Pages.

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Boise, are you ready for the return of The Benman?! Next weekend I’ll be appearing in the Treefort Music Festival. Come confess your poems to me at the Poetry Confessional on 3/23 at 4 p.m. and then check out my Poetry and Mimosas Reading in Storyfort at noon on 3/24. https://www.treefortmusicfest.com/fort/storyfort/

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In February, I appeared with G.G. Silverman on the Glossophonics Radio Program, hosted by Bryan Edenfield. It was a great show! G.G. read some fiction, I read some poems, and we all discussed movie soundtracks and birds, among other topics. To listen, click the link above.

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If you’ve survived the realignment of time and space and you live in the Portland area, I’d love to see you tomorrow night!

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Tonight, the Benjamin Schmitt Poetry Road Show will be in Tacoma!

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I’ve never been to Duvall. I’m excited to be reading some poems there tonight.

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I have a new author page on the Clare Songbirds website! Please click the link to get a book and support a small press.