Poet, Educator & Literary Arts Organizer
Learn more about Hollie Hardy
PRAXIS POETRY
Praxis Poetry
Commit to your writing! Energize your practice. Whether you're a seasoned poet or just starting out, Praxis Poetry prompts are designed to ignite your imagination, challenge your boundaries, and deepen your connection to the craft.
With weekly writing prompts, mini lessons, and curated resources, you'll find inspiration, accountability, and ongoing creative opportunities to help you conquer the blank page, experiment, play, discover new forms and techniques, and hone your skills in a supportive online community of writers.
Praxis Poetry is a gift you can give yourself for the price of a cup of coffee each week, a reason to write, a place to share, an idea to get you started.
CLASSES
Poetry Workshops
Private classes for poets of all levels, from beginners to experienced authors looking for inspiration, accountability, encouragement, new techniques, deep discussion, a supportive community, generous feedback, and publication.
Every Other Thursday
May 21 – July 30
7:30pm – 10:30pm Central
This workshop will meet every other Thursday on Zoom (for a total of six sessions) to explore the craft of poetry through the lens of award-winning contemporary writers.
Each class will focus on a different poet — Bob Hicok, Kimiko Hahn, Analicia Sotelo, Andrea Gibson, Arthur Sze — using deep discussion of their work as inspiration for poetic experimentation.
The workshop will include generative writing prompts, close readings of poems, and generous feedback and attention in a relaxed, supportive online environment. This is an MFA-level class, appropriate for intermediate to advanced poets.
Online
Saturday
May 23, 2026
3pm - 4:30pm Central
Writing in community is a great way to show up for yourself, connect with other creatives, get inspired, and start something new.
In this casual, generative workshop, creative writers gather online to work on new poems or stories on the monthly theme (or anything you want). Writing prompts provided. All levels and genres welcome.
The Write-In consists of a quick meet and greet, followed by a short brainstorming discussion of the theme and writing prompt, some sample poems for inspiration, and time to write. At the end of the Write-In, participants have the opportunity to share their work.
Join us!
EVENTS
Poetry Readings, Open Mics, and More!
I love being an avid participant in the local and virtual literary community. I’ve featured at hundreds of readings and events across the nation, and I’ve cofounded, curated, and hosted numerous performances, open mics, festivals, and ongoing series, including Flight of Poets, Oakland’s Beast Crawl Literary Festival, Velvet Revolution, Pairings for the Senses, and Saturday Night Special. Check out my upcoming events and find out how to get involved!
BOOKS
Lions Like Us
Published by Red Light Lit Press (2024)
At the heart of Hollie Hardy’s Lions Like Us is the question: What would you sacrifice for love? Here are poems of longing and loss that weigh and confront the risk of change. The story starts with a budding passion before the burgeoning pandemic and bears immersive witness to distance, isolation, Black Lives Matter protests, and a new love unfolding and refolding at the center of a city in turmoil. Against a burning backdrop, image-rich and lyrical, full of teeth and hands, doorways and birds, nightscapes of ocean and fire, these poems chart the journey of a phoenix, “a woman turning in/ to herself.”
I’m delighted to announce that my second full-length poetry collection is forthcoming from Red Light Lit Press in May 2024 and is now available for pre-order!
Contact me to book a reading and check back for Austin book launch and tour dates in San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, Joshua Tree, Chicago, Palm Springs, Portland, Seattle, New Orleans, Nashville, New York, Brooklyn, and more!
“Reading this book is like falling in love, then parting, then returning to the beloved, again and again and again. Reader, enter to weep, to laugh, to find solidarity. Enter to find, in its purest, most intense, most direct and available form, poetry.”
~Matthew Zapruder, author of Story of a Poem
Support the Arts
As a poet, educator, and organizer, I’m committed to creating spaces for writers to thrive. Every dollar you give helps sustain these resources, classes, and events, foster emerging voices, and nurture writers like you at every stage of your journey.