Bruce Smith (poet) explained

Bruce Smith
Birth Place:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation:	Poet
Awards:	William Carlos Williams Award (2012)

Bruce Smith (born 1946) is an American poet.

Life

Smith was born and raised in Philadelphia. He taught at the University of Alabama, Phillips Academy, Andover^[1] and now teaches at Syracuse University.^{[2] [3]} He has been a co-editor of the Graham House Review and a contributing editor of Born Magazine.^[4]

Awards

• “Discovery”/The Nation Award winner
• 2000 Guggenheim Fellowship
• National Endowment for the Arts grant
• Massachusetts Foundation for the Arts grant
• 1984 National Poetry Series Selection, for Silver and Information
• National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize finalist for The Other Lover
• National Book Award finalist for Devotions
• 2012 William Carlos Williams Award presented by the Poetry Society of America
• Finalist, National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize^[5]

Collections

• Book: The Common Wages . Sheep Meadow Press . 1983 . 978-0-935296-42-6 . registration .
• Book: Silver and Information. registration. . December 1985. 978-0-8203-0762-6 .
• Book: Mercy Seat . registration . 11 . Bruce Smith (poet). . University of Chicago Press. 1994. 978-0-226-76405-4 .
• Book: The Other Lover . University of Chicago Press. 2000. 978-0-226-76408-5 .
• Book: Songs for Two Voices . University of Chicago Press . 978-0-226-76455-9 . April 2005.
• Book: Devotions . University of Chicago Press . April 15, 2011 . 978-0226764351 . registration .
• Book: Spill . University of Chicago Press. 2018. 978-0-226-57041-9.

Anthologies

• Book: The Best American Poetry 2003. Yusef Komunyakaa. Yusef Komunyakaa. David Lehman. David Lehman. Simon & Schuster. 2003. 978-0-7432-0388-3 .
• Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=58J6YcsJuloC&dq=Bruce+Smith+%28poet%29&pg=PA224. Song of the Ransom of the Dark. The best American poetry, 2004. Lyn Hejinian. Lyn Hejinian. David Lehman. Simon and Schuster. 2004. 978-0-7432-5757-2 .
• 2009 Pushcart Prize anthology

Further reading

• News: Poetry for Tough Guys . Burt . Stephen . Stephen Burt. . August 4, 2011 . Review of Devotions (2011).

External links

• "Devotion: The Burnt-Over District", Poetry (January 2008)
• "Devotion: The Garment District", Poetry (January 2008)
• "Obbligato", Poetry (April 2004)
• "The Game", The New Yorker, September 7, 2009
• "Something of Consolation", AGNI 56, 2002
• "Still", Greensboro Review, 2007
• "Silver and Information", Poetry Foundation
• "Letter to T.", Ploughshares, Winter 1998-99
• "Jelly 292 ", Ploughshares, Winter 1998-99
• "Airless ", Ploughshares, Fall 2001

Notes and References

1. Web site: Poet Bruce Smith's Reading: Introduction by Katherine V. Halsey. 2012-01-18. The Thacher School. en. 2020-05-21.
2. Web site: Bruce Smith . 2009-09-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090614212034/http://english.syr.edu/cwp/smith.htm . 2009-06-14 .
3. Web site: Faculty Name . 2009-12-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100609210837/http://english.syr.edu/Faculty/2009/Smith.htm . 2010-06-09 .
4. Web site: Read By Author - Ploughshares. 9 September 2016.
5. Web site: Bruce Smith. 2020-05-20. Poetry Foundation. en. 2020-05-21.