News & Events

December 13, 2025: Kelsay Books Live Zoom Reading | 2 PM CST (Click to register)

Wordsworth Books holiday event: Santa, story time & author signings

Inaugural Hot Springs Poetry Fest kicked off eight days of poetry-related events

Cross County Library to host poetry reading with Kalina Smith tomorrow

Forum: News & Reviews from Slant: A Journal of Poetry

Cross County native Kalina Smith releases debut poetry collection ‘Scorpio Season’

December 2025: Wordsworth Bookstore (Little Rock, AR); I will be doing a signing of Scorpio Season from 3-4 PM CST.

November 22, 2025: Secret Nook Coffee & Books (Conway, AR); I will be doing a signing of Scorpio Season from 10 am-12 pm CST.

November 16, 2025: Poetry @ the Public in Conway, AR (Faulkner County Library); I will be doing a reading of my poetry alongside H.K. Hummel at 2:30 pm CST.

November 8, 2025: Cross County Library – Wynne Branch in Wynne, AR; Poetry Reading at 11 am CST.

November 1, 2025: Kollective Coffee & Tea – Hot Springs Poetry Festival Kick-Off in Hot Springs, AR; Poetry Reading at 5 PM

September 22, 2025: Radio Interview at KWYN in Wynne, AR.

August 16, 2025: Off Limit Events in Little Rock, AR; Poetry reading alongside MF Gamma and Who Gon Drop the Mic’s Open Mic Night.