Dean Bartoli Smith is a published poet and nonfiction author. His new book, Magic Show is his third collection of poetry following Baltimore Sons (Stillhouse Press, 2021) and American Boy (WWPH, 2000). His poetry has appeared in Smartish Pace, Poetry East, Open City, Beltway and Upstreet, among others. Born and raised in Baltimore, he is also the author of Never Easy, Never Pretty: A Fan, A City, A Championship Season (Temple, 2013). He is the director of Duke University Press.
Dean Bartoli Smith
