Carol Smallwood

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Carol Smallwood
Born (1939-05-03) May 3, 1939 (age 84)
Cheboygan, Michigan
OccupationLibrarian
NationalityAmerican
Education Eastern Michigan University (BS)
Western Michigan University
Genrespoet, creative nonfiction, fiction
Notable awardsNational Federation of State Poetry Societies Award

Carol Smallwood (born May 3, 1939) is an American poet and writer. [1]

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Early life and education

Carol Smallwood was born May 3, 1939, in Cheboygan, Michigan to teachers Lloyd and Lucy Gouine. [2] She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Eastern Michigan University in 1961 [3] followed by a master's degree in Art in 1963, [3] and MLA Library Science degree from Western Michigan University in 1976. [1]

Married in 1963 and divorced in 1976, Smallwood has two children. [2]

Career

Smallwood began working in the education and library administration fields in 1961. [3] She has written non-fiction books for libraries with the intention of providing public and higher-education libraries with strategies and tested programs to encourage patron interaction. [4]

She stated in an interview that her first book "came from teachers asking where to get materials", and that she started writing poetry after being told her "chan[c]es were slim of surviving cancer". [5]

Awards

Selected publications

Fiction

Non-fiction

Novels

Poetry

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