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Rob Hardy

@rbhardy3rd.bsky.social

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

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Rob Hardy @rbhardy3rd.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

My essay "Beneath This Silent" appears in the 2026 issue of Oakwood, the literary magazine of South Dakota State University. You can read the essay (and the entire issue) online here: openprairie.sdstate.edu/cgi/viewcont...

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Rob Hardy @rbhardy3rd.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I have two poems in this new anthology of writing from Minnesota. Order it from an independent Minnesota bookstore: www.contentbookstore.com/item/aVVViTy...

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Rob Hardy @rbhardy3rd.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

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Rob Hardy @rbhardy3rd.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

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

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Rob Hardy @rbhardy3rd.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

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

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Rob Hardy @rbhardy3rd.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

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.

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