Originally posted on MGR / Art & Politics:
first published in Juxtapoz, August 14, 2019 Maryam Yousif, “Puabi Bust”, glazed stoneware, 18 x 10 x 20.5 inches, 2019. Back to Back: Maryam Yousif & Nick Makanna @ Guerrero Gallery By Tamsin Smith & Matt Gonzalez ———————— Maryam Yousif: Puabi Live! / July 20 – August 17, 2019…
FMSBW has released Between First & Second Sleep with praise wonderful fellow poets, including Matthew Zapruder, Donald Beagle, Beau Beausoleil, Mary Julia Klimenko, and Kevin Killian, who wrote of my debut collection: “Tamsin Smith’s WORD CAVE is a book to savor with great pleasure. It’s not only a kind of poetry new to me, it’s several kinds, […]Read Post ›
Announcing the release of my verse collection Word Cave; now available on Amazon.com. Published by Risk Press, this beautiful book features a cover portrait by Emilio Villalba (see featured photo) back cover collage detail by Matt Gonzalez, and photographs by Josh Smith, All proceeds from the sale of the book benefit SITES UNSEEN a non-profit, which activates alleys around Yerba Buena in […]Read Post ›
I order tea Called exuberant Waiting for you Bystanders steer Me to mango mist Buttery cloud Without the try How could I know If oolong’s my type What tale the leaves will bring Lost In alleyways We pass Words Like oxygen Drop smiles In cups As fortunes
by Tamsin Smith 1 a.m. I am aroused by dark remembrance a small child sniffling unconsoled and forgotten on her school stairwell while I remain a single chair floating in a garden uncertain where to turn the mess I’ve been working paint stroke and dab to push without losing the something it already has […]Read Post ›
By Tamsin Smith Another night’s scroll Through tender shares A couple in Paris snaps Anubis escorting the dead Three thousand years of remembering It’s never too late for grace Or to show oneself how The public passion of a sunset reveals Even a vendor’s neon sign can Heart-alter an offer We are betrayed by […]Read Post ›
by Tamsin Smith don’t say we’re done run out of wonder we . turquoise & sarcoline mikado & wenge . synthetizers of spectrum we optionalize intertwinement . draw the lark of lush delight from the throat of twilight . — red / yellow / blue — — see / feel / do — . […]Read Post ›
Gina M. Contreras, Sola Chola @ Park Life Gallery, 220 Clement Street, San Francisco, July 12-August 18, 2019 A review by Tamsin Smith, first published by Juxtapoz Magazine on August 12, 2019. What would a film reel of your inner thoughts look like? Close your eyes and imagine all those looping voices, memories, desires, and […]Read Post ›
Emilio Villalba: Modernist Recoding by Tamsin Smith. This article originally appeared on November 27, 2918, in Beautiful Bizarre Magazine. Known for his arresting portraiture, Emilio Villalba has blazed a quick and dynamic path in art communities from California to New York and across the globe with multiple exhibitions and an active and impressive social media following. […]Read Post ›
