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P. Scott Cunningham

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Poet / dad. Winner, 2025 Donald Justice Poetry Prize. Founder - @omiamifestival. Physically in Illinois. Spiritually inside a Flanigan’s cup.

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We’re excited to reveal the cover of All This Beauty, a new anthology of literary Florida edited by Kristen Arnett (@kristen__arnett) and P. Scott Cunningham (@pscottcunningham), forthcoming from University Press of Florida in March 2027 and featuring art by Josh Aronson (@jda.usa). Read more about All This Beauty at the link in our bio. by @pscottcunningham

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Save the date for an extraordinary night of international poetry!

Join Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures for a special celebration featuring AHP’s own P. Scott Cunningham, alongside Sony Ton-Aimé and Frank Báez: three poets and friends coming together to read from their own poetry and translations of one another’s work.

📅 Thursday, October 15, 2026 @ 7 p.m.
📍 Carnegie Library Lecture Hall

Come hear three remarkable poets at this special poetry event! by @pscottcunningham

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“We need never be ashamed of our tears.”

“Gene Hackman” was a three-week, two-person writers residency inside of @bfi.miami gallery during the fall of 2012. Every day, @thelunadiner and I, dressed in the exact same outfit, clocked in to write at identical desks from 10am to 5pm. Then at 5, the public was invited to listen as we took turns reading what we’d written that day and then mercilessly critiquing the writing of the other. Best residency ever. by @pscottcunningham

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Played spades (lost). Played pool (lost). Against doctor’s orders, played basketball (lost). Walked right past Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys (speaking loudly in that beautiful Welsh accent) and resisted the urge to run up to them and recite a 6,000 word ode to The Americans (won). Spent a 4th summer in a row with the best people (won). Record: Undefeated. by @pscottcunningham

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Dear Friends,

In 2014, I attended a bi-lingual poetry reading that Frank Baez from the Dominican Republic and Scott P. Cunningham from Miami gave at Kent State University’s Wick Poetry Center. I was mesmerized.

After the reading, I went to them and told them that, not only did I want to be their friend, which we have been since, but I wanted to read with them one day. It has taken us 12 years for all of us to have new books out to make it happen.

I could not be prouder to announce that on October 15th, all three of us will read poems by one another in our mother’s tongues; English, Haitian Creole, and Spanish. It will be a celebration of poetry and language like you have never seen.

Join us! It’s free! Save your seat at our link in bio.

Sony Ton-Aime
Executive Director by @pscottcunningham

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Reading with friends is the best. I’m so grateful to Solid State for welcoming Clint and I earlier this week, and to everyone who came out, especially @sandrabeasley - my 2018 reading partner from my last book launch there! Huge thanks to Marie McGrath for putting it all together, and to Nas, the young poet who kicked off the evening with a beautiful poem. by @pscottcunningham

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DC! My friend Clint Smith and I are reading dad poems together this coming Tuesday at @solidstatedc - I’ll put the event link in my bio. Would love to see you! by @pscottcunningham

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Excited to have @clintsmithiii & @pscottcunningham back on H Sreet! They'll be in conversation about Self-Portrait as the "i" in Florida on 06/30 at 7pm. ⁠
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They will be joined by a young poet from @826dc! ⁠
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Tickets available at the link in our bio 🔗 by @pscottcunningham

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Over 15 years ago, P. Scott Cunningham invited local poets to grab their typewriters and hang out around Miami. The group, known then as the Miami Poetry Collective, became O, Miami!

@pscottcunningham brought us together once more on April 2 to celebrate the Florida launch of his new collection of poetry, “Self Portrait as the ‘i’ in Florida.”

A full house of friends, family, and collaborators met in the Mangrove Ballroom at Gramps Getaway where Nikisha Williams, COO of the @miamifoundation opened the night with an introduction to writer and director Darius Daughtry. Darius read the first poems of the night followed by a surprise appearance by Campbell McGrath to welcome Scott to the stage.

Thank you for joining us, @nikishawilliams, @dariusdaughtry, and @bashois2, and to @grampsgetaway for hosting us on day 2 of the 2026 O, Miami Poetry Festival!

P. . Scott Cunningham closed the night with a selection of poems ranging from reflections on fatherhood to musings on Miami’s absurd billboards and which of the city’s Taco Bells is the best. As always, his poetry filled the room with lightness and a deep love for Florida.

We love you Scott! Congratulations on a successful release! 🪞🍊🌴🖼

See all the photos at our link in bio.
📸: @chantal_lawrie by @pscottcunningham

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Thanks to @publisherswkly for the lovely review of P. Scott Cunningham's Self-Portrait as the "i" in Florida! by @pscottcunningham

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Nothing feels like going home. Thank you to everyone in Miami (but esp @omiamifestival & @booksandbooks ) for making the Florida release of the book so special. See you again soon. by @pscottcunningham

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On the blog today: a conversation between P. Scott Cunningham and assistant fiction editor Travis Cohen Acosta on Cunningham’s new collection, Self-Portrait as the “i” in Florida.

Read the full interview through the link in our bio to Schooner Blog. by @pscottcunningham

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