Cristalle Smith, MFA/PhD
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Poet. Mother. Writer. PhD from University of Calgary. Poetry book: Invisible Lives.
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Amazing, I'm so honored to be included in this long list for my book!!
6 months ago
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I did it!! I am now Dr. Poetry! From being homeless in Florida, to a borough in New Jersey, to dropping out of high school, to surviving domestic violence and being a single mom in academia. I did it. Thank you to all the people who supported me and believed in me. I love you! I am Dr. Smith!
6 months ago
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I'll be doing a reading in Calgary on April 25th for the Alberta Literary Awards!
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Congratulations
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on a powerful collection! Love these
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especially: "Dogs Myth-Make the Desert", “Basha Sparrows”, “We Stop to Imagine a Skyline Without the Fire Stack”, "Cloud Seeding the Empty Quarter", "Origin Myths or A Poem for Survivor’s Guilt—Cut Up" + more! Blurbs⬇️
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Can I do another MFA to specialize in fiction? I'm tired of being a poet. There are too many line breaks to deal with. Every goddamn day.
7 months ago
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Omar Ramadan
7 months ago
Big congrats to my dear friend on this nomination! Invisble Lives is an incredible book and this recognition is so deserved :)
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Erika Thorkelson
7 months ago
😂😭
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I am a finalist for The Writers' Guild of Alberta poetry book award! Wow. I'm just so floored anyone would read my book. I'm so honored and grateful. Thank you to everyone who has supported me throughout the years.
7 months ago
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That's my buddy's book! You should buy it and read it. Some poets teach us how to see the world again. And that's Omar Ramadan.
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University of Alberta Press
7 months ago
THIS SWEET RUPTURE has hit #1. Congratulations, Omar Ramadan. And thank you, Edmonton!
ualbertapress.ca/978177212797...
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7 months ago
Thank you all who’ve bought the book!! #1 on the best seller list :)
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7 months ago
Read
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's review of
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's Invisible Lives (pub. University of Calgary Press) in Issue 30! Poems are tight, with an accumulation of striking images that convey wonder, grief, and a child’s attempts at joy ...
www.thetemzreview.com/earl-smith-3...
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Can verify. It's true.
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7 months ago
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Lol at the Griffin Poetry Prize. 10/10. No notes. Love being a Canadian poet. Let's go!
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7 months ago
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: Amanda Earl : 2025 VERSeFest interviews: Jessica Hiemstra /
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Amanda Earl : 2025 VERSeFest interviews: Jessica Hiemstra
Jessica Hiemstra [photo credit: Cory Lavender] is an award-winning artist, writer, and designer. Her writing has appeared in chap...
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Please check out this amazing review by Amanda Earl. I'm so humbled and honored that my work received such care and attention.
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Amanda Earl
7 months ago
It was an honour and a pleasure to review
@cristallesmith.bsky.social
's amazing book, Invisible Lives, This is an important book of childhood trauma,, violence, poverty & motherhood. I highly recommend it. Thanks to the Temz Review for publishing the review!
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Earl Smith 30
Reviewed by Amanda Earl
https://www.thetemzreview.com/earl-smith-30.html
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Every time I rewatch Mad Men I just get so bummed about Chauncey. Is he just out there roaming the streets of NYC forever? Poor Chauncey...
8 months ago
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I like how the elite class is stealing education from everyone else. Like. Are we gonna do anything about the MBA dudebros who now control most everything on planet earth? Hasn't anyone ever watched Shark Rank? We are utterly fucked.
8 months ago
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Read this poetry! One of the best collections I've ever read.
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8 months ago
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Check out this amazing book by an amazing poet!
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Tania Hershman 🏳️🌈
8 months ago
We're now up to 103 writers, lit mags and publishers in my Hybrid Writing start pack who leap over genre boundaries & out of boxes, ignoring traditional labels & definitions. Would you like to be added or do you know someone else who fits into this unboxed box?!
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The life of an adjunct! I'm tired of the invisibility of labour in academia.
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Red Deer Polytechnic projects $10 million deficit
Layoffs, program suspensions to come
https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/local-news/red-deer-polytechnic-projects-10-million-deficit-7802410
9 months ago
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I am weary. I get why the ents sleep forever. Honestly. Wake me up when it's over.
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9 months ago
OpenAI says it has proof that Deepseek used its work without permission to create something meant to undermine and destroy its product. On behalf of all the authors whose novels and stories were taken as training data, oh no that must be so hard for you.
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You can call me the poetry drama llama.
9 months ago
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How do people deal with the constant stress from the precarity of contract academic work? As a single mom, I feel so burnt out worrying about the future. I'm not gonna lie, the system has ground me down into a fine dust.
9 months ago
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I'm just a girl looking for a press that loves hybrid lyric forms that are not poetry and not creative nonfiction but also are poetry and are creative nonfiction.
9 months ago
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Below Deck is the true spiritual successor to original Real World and Road Rules. Please tune in for more reality TV thesis statements going forward.
9 months ago
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Does anyone know of a word processor that does not integrate AI? As a writer, I don't want that shit anywhere near my work. Who's the artisanal tech company resisting the data piracy grift known as "AI?" If there's none, how do I pivot from being a poet to a tech start up person?
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I put MFA after my name cus I got tired of the MFA discourse. Not every MFA comes from Iowa. You should make friends with some of us. Some of us are single moms and shit.
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Maureen Langloss
9 months ago
It's becoming clear that A.I. is the devil. In a burning world, the energy & water it consumes are unconscionable. The intellectual property theft it depends on is wrong. It is dehumanizing. Its development is fueled by naked greed. It is a giant step backward for humanity & our planet.
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Rattle Poetry
10 months ago
All you need is a dozen poems and a theme*! * Theme not necessary; any number of poems 15 - 30 pages in total length may apply. Three winners receive $5,000 and more. It might be the best poetry book prize in the world, so don't miss it!
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Rattle Chapbook Prize
Deadline: January 15th
https://www.rattle.com/chapbooks/prize/
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Another review of my debut collection. Check it out!
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Book Review :: Invisible Lives by Cristalle Smith
NewPages.com offers select reviews of books, single stories, poems, essays, comics, graphic novels, artwork, and more!
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I can't handle reading AI papers anymore. Does anyone else have to read hundreds of thousands of words of AI besides composition instructors? I feel like it's impacting me negatively. Someone needs to study the impact of reading AI slop in such sustained ways.
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Thank you so much for the support!!
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11 months ago
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Damn the man, save the Empire!
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Support small presses. Especially Canadian small presses. Publishing is about to go through enshittification.
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11 months ago
looking forward to ai tripling academic writing productivity expectations the way email has for being available all hours of the day academia is 💀
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I often feel like everyone is better than me at stuff. Like teaching. Or writing. Where are the cracks? The fragments? The flattened defeat. Gnawing annoyance. Why's everyone always so competent? Is it a ruse? Reality? Am I the only one struggling?
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11 months ago
i AM being rude and i AM tryna be mean- "ai" based on current leading model designs is not fit for purpose, is horrifically inefficient, and when used for "art" it's a direct affront to the human soul
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Everyone says, don't get on the adjunct treadmill. But they don't tell you how to make it without getting on it. And they certainly don't tell you how to get off the damn thing once it's going.
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My name is Cristalle Smith. I am a poet and I teach mostly composition and literature. I'm a contract labourer, single mother, writer, and survivor of DV and childhood homelessness. I believe in the power of the lyric to save no one and do absolutely nothing. Except make some beauty.
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Can't decide if I want to be a full time writer or full time human pickle.
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