Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Rob Hardy

@rbhardy3rd.bsky.social

14 followers 29 following 6 posts

Former Poet Laureate of Northfield, Minnesota (2016-2023)

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Rob Hardy @rbhardy3rd.bsky.social · 5d

My story "The Presbyterian Settee" has been selected for the short list in History Through Fiction's Short Story Contest.

The ten shortlisted stories "stood out for their strong narrative voice, historical resonance, and emotional depth."

#HistoricalFiction #ShortStoryContest

Rob Hardy @rbhardy3rd.bsky.social · 19d

I have a new poem in the Fall 2025 issue of Glassworks Magazine @rowanglassworks.bsky.social You can find the entire beautiful issue here: issuu.com/glassworksma... #newpoetry

Glassworks Fall 2025

Issue 31: a publication of Rowan University's Master of Arts in Writing

issuu.com

Rob Hardy @rbhardy3rd.bsky.social · Sep 20

I have two new poems, "Prompt" and "Easter to Pentecost," in the Fall 2025 issue of Willows Wept Review @willowswept.com You can read about the new issue and find a link here: willowswept.com/2025/09/20/i... #newpoetry

Issue Thirty-Eight: Fall 2025

Fall has begun to arrive—slowly, and felt more in cool wisps of pre-dawn air than anywhere else. Storms linger offshore and make their afternoon way here less frequently, but the afternoon sky hold…

willowswept.com

Rob Hardy @rbhardy3rd.bsky.social · Sep 15

My story "The Presbyterian Settee" was selected for the long list in History Through Fiction's 2025 Short Story Contest. www.historythroughfiction.com/short-story-... #historicalfiction

Rob Hardy @rbhardy3rd.bsky.social · Sep 4

Throwback Thursday: Here's a short essay about an elementary school poetry workshop that appeared in @riverteeth.bsky.social Beautiful Things in 2017. riverteethjournal.com/beautiful-th...

Metaphor Lesson

By Robert Hardy There are three girls in Poetry Club. Tra’niyah, the third grader, walks around the classroom looking at everything through a magnifying glass—the leaves of the plants, the point of…

riverteethjournal.com

Rob Hardy @rbhardy3rd.bsky.social · Aug 29

My latest piece for Minnesota History is now available online. It's about the 1865-1866 diary of Thomas Cahill, the son of Irish immigrants from Shieldsville, Minnesota. storage.googleapis.com/mnhs-org-sup...

#MinnesotaHistory

The first page of an article titled "The Past Has Been a Blank: The dDiary of Thomas Cahill," by Rob Hardy. Two columns of text. at the top of the right column, a photograph of a gray stone grave marker topped with a cross. More headstones stand in the distance. The grass in green and the trees in the background are bare.

Reposted by Rob Hardy

Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · Aug 1

ICYMI today's story is Poem by Rob Hardy, a marvellous #shortstory about #censorship, suppression and #language. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/08/01/p...

3 4