Skanky Possum was a twice-a-year poetry journal and small book-publishing imprint begun in Austin, Texas that operated between 1998 and 2012.
Discussing small poetry journals, Linh Dinh observes, "Although most of these are ephemeral, appearing for only a few issues, with tiny circulations, their existence invigorates American literature.
"[3] This 11 issue staple-bound magazine published four poems selected by Robert Creeley for the 2002 The Best American Poetry series.
[5] Poems by Amiri Baraka, Clayton Eshleman, Robert Kelly, Linh Dinh, Eileen Myles, Kenward Elmslie, Alice Notley, Anselm Hollo and Diane di Prima were published.
[5] Smith and Nguyen also published several poetry books under the Skanky Possum imprint including titles by Tom Clark, Kristin Prevallet and Sotere Torregian.