About

Sam Schmidt's books include Suburban Myths (Beothuk Books 2012) and Dark Bird (forthcoming, Galileo Press).

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For more than a decade he edited and published WordHouse, a newsletter for Maryland writers, and hosted the reading series WordHouse at the Minás Gallery.

 

His work has been published in such journals as Passager, Free State Review, and Gargoyle. He is a two-time recipient of the Maryland State Individual Artist Grant and has a Master's Degree in Comparative Literature from Johns Hopkins University.

 

His wife Virginia Crawford, also a poet, is the author of questions for water (Apprentice House Press 2021).

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Schmidt lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland.