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With so many new Authors emerging daily. Many great writers can be overlooked because of the abundance of work presented. Our goal here at Bay Lit Reading is to be a helping hand in this situation. We want to highlight fabulous work to reach many people. A great book needs to be read whether it be poetry, fiction or based on real events. Our purpose is to make sure that happens by being a resource people can count on.

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Eric Bruce Smith was born and raised in Oakland, California, on the eastside in a community, known as Brookfield Village. He’s a proud father of three beautiful children and one grandson.

Smith is the author of “The Hidden Peace In Poems” 2021, and “A Better Way to Smile” 2023. These poems were an expression of Smith’s love for his family, friends, and his community.

Some of Smith’s earlier accomplishments in literature planted the seed, signifying there would be more to come. Smiths’ poem “In My Pocket There’s A Mirror” is published in “Reflections of The Soul”, by The Poetry Guild, Ohio, 1997. He has work published in the Oakland Public Library found in book titled “Images and Voices of the Gold Rush”, edited by Joyce E Young, 1998. The poems are titled “Voices Of The Gold Rush” and “Effects Of The Gold Rush”.

The Hidden Peace in Poems was featured in the January’s edition of Publishers Weekly Magazine, 2022.

Smith’s book “The Hidden Peace In Poems” was critically reviewed by Author Reneé Drummond-Brown and published by Jerry Langdon of Erlangen, Germany, in the “Raven Cage Poetry and Prose Ezine-Issue #77.” Smith’s poetic works also appear in Issue #78, both in the year 2023.

Smith, appeared as a guest panelist on P. English Literature Global Writers Conference, hosted by Peter Okonkwo, of Nigeria, 2022. Smith, is also an author select for magazines and anthologies titled “The Writing On The Wall Global Magazine-Issue 1and Issue 2”, and “It’s Our Poems and We’re Stickin’ to It Anthology” by Author Reneé Drummond-Brown and Renowned Writers from across the globe, 2023. Smith also appears in “The Writing On The Wall Global Magazine issue 3 and 4, 2024. In Issue 3, Smith was the featured author.

After Smith’s, second release of ” A Better Way to Smile Poems”,  he was invited to be the first guest author on Akure Bookclub launch, out of Nigeria 2024. Smith received a book award for his book “A Better Way to Smile” from Nigeria 2024.

Both of Smith’s books ” The Hidden Peace In Poems”, and “A Better Way to Smile” have been put into the Oakland Public Library at the Dimond Branch. 

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