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Dan Smart is a freelance writer, poet, and musician, as well as a regular contributor to online music publication Tiny Mix Tapes and a music producer at ECHO/NORMAL recording studio in Chicago, IL. He received his BA in Creative Writing from Illinois Wesleyan University in 2006, where he has since returned to guest-lecture on poetry on several occasions. Recent publications include Spoon River Poetry Review (Winter 2016), poetry/criticism blog Structure And Surprise, and the daily poetry blog, Rhythm Is The Instrument, on which he’s collected over 1,300 original poems, and counting.
Lead image: “Crystal dawn” (via Flickr user James Jordan)