Bruce Smith (poet)
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[]
- The Common Wages. Sheep Meadow Press. 1983. ISBN 978-0-935296-42-6.
- Silver and Information. University of Georgia Press. December 1985. ISBN 978-0-8203-0762-6.
- Mercy Seat. University of Chicago Press. 1994. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-226-76405-4.
Bruce Smith (poet).
- The Other Lover. University of Chicago Press. 2000. ISBN 978-0-226-76408-5.
- Songs for Two Voices. University of Chicago Press. April 2005. ISBN 978-0-226-76455-9.
- Devotions. University of Chicago Press. April 15, 2011. ISBN 978-0226764351.
- Spill. University of Chicago Press. 2018. ISBN 978-0-226-57041-9.
Anthologies[]
- Yusef Komunyakaa; David Lehman, eds. (2003). The Best American Poetry 2003. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7432-0388-3.
- Lyn Hejinian; David Lehman, eds. (2004). "Song of the Ransom of the Dark". The best American poetry, 2004. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7432-5757-2.
- 2009 Pushcart Prize anthology
References[]
- ^ "Poet Bruce Smith's Reading: Introduction by Katherine V. Halsey". The Thacher School. 2012-01-18. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-06-14. Retrieved 2009-09-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2009-12-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Read By Author - Ploughshares". Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ^ Foundation, Poetry (2020-05-20). "Bruce Smith". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
Further reading[]
- Burt, Stephen (August 4, 2011). "Poetry for Tough Guys". The New York Times. 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
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