Austin Smith (poet) explained

Austin Robert Smith (born 1982)[1] is an American poet and fiction writer.[2] Smith is one of three sons of Dan and Cheryl Smith, and he grew up on a farm north of Freeport, Illinois. Smith's father, Dan Smith, also wrote poetry and has been described as a "farmer-poet."[3]

Smith has published two books of poetry, both in the Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets,[4] and three poetry chapbooks. His poems have appeared in journals including The New Yorker,[5] [6] Poetry,[7] and Virginia Quarterly Review,[8] and his short fiction has appeared in journals including Kenyon Review,[9] Sewanee Review,[10] and ZYZZYVA.[11]

Smith has been awarded a Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University, a Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts,[12] [13] and the Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship.[14] He holds a BA from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, an MA from the University of California, Davis, and an MFA from the University of Virginia.[15]

Smith's poetry deals with themes including rural life, violence, and war. Originally from rural Illinois, the poet often expresses a strong tie to the Midwestern United States. As Smith wrote in 2018, "I feel it's even more important than ever to write of this region, to identify the trends that have led to the decline of small towns and small family farms, and to celebrate the people and the land so that no reader of mine will ever think of the Midwest as flyover country again."

Smith's works have been reviewed in publications including the New York Times,[16] Publishers Weekly,[17] [18] the Washington Post,[19] WBUR's Here and Now,[20] and Yale Review.[21]

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  1. Web site: Catalog, Poetry Series, 2008, 'In the Silence of the Migrated Birds' . Parallel Press . University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries . 28 November 2020.
  2. Web site: Austin Smith . Poetry Foundation . 20 May 2021.
  3. News: Redmore . Carol . Austin Smith's Short Story Provides a Poetic Taste of Home . 20 May 2021 . The Journal-Standard . 2 Sep 2015 . Freeport, IL.
  4. Web site: Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets . Princeton University Press . 28 November 2020.
  5. Smith . Austin . The Hotel . The New Yorker . 17 September 2012 . 28 November 2020.
  6. Smith . Austin . Chekhov . The New Yorker . 23 November 2015 . 28 November 2020.
  7. Smith . Austin . Factory Town . Poetry . March 2015 . 28 November 2020.
  8. Smith . Austin . The Tombstone of the Moon . Virginia Quarterly Review . 17 June 2015 . 28 November 2020.
  9. Smith . Austin . Cicadas . Kenyon Review . Fall 2013 . 35 . 4 . 32–53.
  10. Smith . Austin . King Me . Sewanee Review . 2018 . 126 . 2 . 215–226 . 10.1353/sew.2018.0023. 201737656 .
  11. Smith . Austin . The Cave . Zyzzyva . Winter 2015 . 105.
  12. News: Shashkevich . Alex . Stanford Lecturer Earns Fellowship from National Endowment for the Arts . 28 November 2020 . 11 December 2017.
  13. Web site: Smith . Austin . Meet the Creative Writing Fellows: Austin Smith, 2018 Prose . National Endowment for the Arts . 28 November 2020.
  14. Web site: Lowell . William A. . Announcement of 2020-2021 Scholar . Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship . 28 November 2020 . 3 March 2020.
  15. Web site: Bio . Austin Robert Smith . 28 November 2020.
  16. News: Burt . Stephanie . In Recent Poetry Collections, Weapons Made of Words . 20 May 2021 . The New York Times . 14 Dec 2018.
  17. 'Almanac' by Austin Smith . Publishers Weekly . 24 Jun 2013 . 260 . 25 . 106.
  18. 'Almanac' by Austin Smith . Publishers Weekly . 22 Jul 2013 . 260 . 29 . 43.
  19. News: Lund . Elizabeth . Five New Books of Poetry Explore the American Experience, for Better or Worse . 20 May 2021 . The Washington Post . 9 Nov 2018.
  20. News: Hobson . Jeremy . Poet Tackles Drone Violence and Midwest Stereotypes in 'Flyover Country' . 20 May 2021 . Here & Now . WBUR . 1 Nov 2018.
  21. Burt . Stephanie . Poetry in Review . Yale Review . July 2014 . 102 . 3 . 152–166. 10.1353/tyr.2014.0101 .

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