Erin Elizabeth Smith Explained
Erin Elizabeth Smith is an American poet, editor, publisher, and educator.
Biography
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
Poetry collections
- Book: DOWN. Stephen F. Austin State University Press. 2020 . [6] [7]
- Book: The Naming of Strays. Gold Wake Press. 2011 . [8] [9]
- Book: The Fear of Being Found. Three Candles Press. 2008 . [10] [11]
Chapbook
- Book: Ghost Animal. Milk & Cake Press. 2023 . [12]
- Book: The Chainsaw Bears. Dancing Girl Press. 2008 . [13]
Reviews
- 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]
Notes and References
- Web site: UIUC Creative Writing Program . 2012-08-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090716225515/http://creativewriting.english.illinois.edu/news/ . 2009-07-16 . dead .
- Web site: UT Knoxville Department of English - First-Year Composition . web.utk.edu . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100705160939/http://web.utk.edu/~english/staff/faculty/gf_eesmith.php . 2010-07-05.
- Web site: Erin Elizabeth Smith.
- Web site: Sundress Publications // About Sundress.
- Web site: About – Best of the Net.
- Web site: Down .
- Web site: Down: An Interview with Erin Elizabeth Smith by Hannah V Warren. 3 March 2021.
- Web site: Gold Wake Press. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120130163628/goldwakepress.org/print-series/. 2012-01-30.
- Web site: Read This Awesome Book: The Naming of Strays by Erin Elizabeth Smith. 3 January 2012.
- Web site: THE FEAR OF BEING FOUND - Erin Elizabeth Smith : Small Press Distribution . 2012-08-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100913142728/http://www.spdbooks.org/Producte/9780977089246/the-fear-of-being-found.aspx . 2010-09-13 . dead .
- Web site: RATTLE e-Review: THE FEAR OF BEING FOUND by Erin Elizabeth Smith.
- Web site: Milk & Cake Press. 12 September 2023 .
- Web site: dancing girl press. www.dancinggirlpress.com.
- Web site: The Naming of Strays by Erin Elizabeth Smith . Read This Awesome Book . 2012-01-03 . 2024-01-20.
- Web site: January Poetry Pick: The Naming of Strays . The Scrapper Poet . 2012-01-27 . 2024-01-20.
- Web site: Smith . Erin Elizabeth . RATTLE e-Review: THE FEAR OF BEING FOUND by Erin Elizabeth Smith . Rattle: Poetry . 2008-04-16 . 2024-01-20.
- Web site: Search . Department of English . 2024-01-20.