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
Writing 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.
DATE
Alternating Thursdays
Aug. 13 – Oct. 22, 2026
TIME
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Central Time
LOCATION
Online
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This six-session Poetry Revision Workshop will focus on deep feedback and revision of existing poems, with the goal of evolving and refining each poet’s work toward publication, in a generous and supportive online environment.
If you have a manuscript in progress or a stack of first drafts that could benefit from feedback, this is a chance to revisit and revise individual pieces in the company of other poets. You are also welcome to write new poems to workshop, but new work is not required.
We will meet every other week on Zoom. I will offer optional revision prompts on Wet.Ink, and students will submit a poem of their choosing for written feedback, and read and reflect on their fellow poets’ work.
Time in class will be dedicated to workshopping student poems in small groups. Deep discussion and feedback will provide the opportunity to become a better poet, a more observant reader, and a more thoughtful editor of your own work and the work of others.
Online
Thursday
July 23, 2026
7:30pm - 9pm 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, 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 prompts, 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
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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.