Erin Elizabeth Smith is an American poet, editor, publisher, and educator.

Biography

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Smith, originally from Lexington, South Carolina, holds a B.A. in English from Binghamton University, an M.F.A. in Poetry from the University of Illinois,[1] and a Ph.D. in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Southern Mississippi. She currently teaches creative writing and literature at the University of Tennessee.[2] She is the author of three full-length poetry collections as well as a chapbook.[3] Smith lives in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where she serves as the Executive Director of the Sundress Academy for the Arts, a writers residency and arts collective.

In 1999, Smith founded Stirring: A Literary Collection, now one of the oldest continually-published literary journals on the internet. A year later, she founded Sundress Publications, a literary organization that publishes several online journals as well as chapbooks and full-length poetry collections in both print and electronic formats.[4] In 2006, Smith founded the Best of the Net Anthology, also published by Sundress.[5]

From 2022-2024, Smith served as the inaugural Poet Laureate for the City of Oak Ridge, TN.

Bibliography

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Poetry collections

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  • DOWN. Stephen F. Austin State University Press. 2020.[6][7]
  • The Naming of Strays. Gold Wake Press. 2011.[8][9]
  • The Fear of Being Found. Three Candles Press. 2008.[10][11]


Chapbook

  • Ghost Animal. Milk & Cake Press. 2023.[12]
  • The Chainsaw Bears. Dancing Girl Press. 2008.[13]

Reviews

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  • The Naming of Strays reviewed by Anne Barngrover [14]
  • The Naming of Strays reviewed by Karen J. Weyant [15]
  • The Fear of Being Found reviewed by Gary Charles Wilkens [16]
  • The Fear of Being Found reviewed by Wendy Whelan [17]

References

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  1. ^ "UIUC Creative Writing Program". Archived from the original on 2009-07-16. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
  2. ^ "UT Knoxville | Department of English - First-Year Composition". web.utk.edu. Archived from the original on 2010-07-05.
  3. ^ "Erin Elizabeth Smith".
  4. ^ "Sundress Publications // About Sundress".
  5. ^ "About – Best of the Net".
  6. ^ "Down".
  7. ^ "Down: An Interview with Erin Elizabeth Smith by Hannah V Warren". 3 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Gold Wake Press". Archived from the original on 2012-01-30.
  9. ^ "Read This Awesome Book: The Naming of Strays by Erin Elizabeth Smith". 3 January 2012.
  10. ^ "THE FEAR OF BEING FOUND - Erin Elizabeth Smith : Small Press Distribution". Archived from the original on 2010-09-13. Retrieved 2012-08-18.
  11. ^ "RATTLE e-Review: THE FEAR OF BEING FOUND by Erin Elizabeth Smith".
  12. ^ "Milk & Cake Press". 12 September 2023.
  13. ^ "dancing girl press". www.dancinggirlpress.com.
  14. ^ "The Naming of Strays by Erin Elizabeth Smith". Read This Awesome Book. 2012-01-03. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
  15. ^ "January Poetry Pick: The Naming of Strays". The Scrapper Poet. 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
  16. ^ Smith, Erin Elizabeth (2008-04-16). "RATTLE e-Review: THE FEAR OF BEING FOUND by Erin Elizabeth Smith". Rattle: Poetry. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
  17. ^ "Search". Department of English. Retrieved 2024-01-20.