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Upcoming Events/Readings
- July 2–Johnson Neighborhood Library, Reed Road, Houston, Tx. 77051– with Public Poetry
- August 6– location tba– with Public Poetry
- March 4, 2017– location tba– with Public Poetry
- PAST READINGS
- June 24– Trinity Episcopal Church– with Saint Julian Press
Released April 15, 2015:
From Saint Julian Press, my first book of poetry: Variations on a Theme of Desire.
Cover artwork by Keith Perelli.
About Me
- David-Glen Smith
- Primarily a Poet and a Father of a young boy. Yet, over the past fifteen years I served as well as an instructor, graphic designer, editor, and illustrator.
• My drawings and writings have been published in a variety of journals across the United States.
• I teach English courses at both Lone Star College-CyFair and Wharton County Junior College.
• Currently developing new(er) poems for new(er) manuscript.
For an occasional, creative outburst, visit: http://twitter.com/davidglensmith
Companion Twitter-feed: http://twitter.com/BrokenHaiku1301
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- Karen Armstrong, Visions of God
- William Faulkner, Intruder in the Dust
- Haniki Murakami,1Q84
- Markus Zusak,The Book Thief
- Philip Schultz, The Wherewithal
- J. R. R. Tolkien, Beowulf
- Matsuo Bashō, Narrow Road to the Interior
- James Joyce, Ulysses
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- Ron Starbuck, When Angels are Born
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