Erin Elizabeth Smith

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

• DOWN. Stephen F. Austin State University Press. 2020. ^{[6] [7]}
• The Naming of Strays. Gold Wake Press. 2011. ^{[8] [9]}
• The Fear of Being Found. Three Candles Press. 2008. ^{[10] [11]}

Chapbook

• Ghost Animal. Milk & Cake Press. 2023. ^[12]
• 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]

References

1. "UIUC Creative Writing Program". Archived from the original on 2009-07-16. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
2. "UT Knoxville | Department of English - First-Year Composition". web.utk.edu. Archived from the original on 2010-07-05.
3. "Erin Elizabeth Smith".
4. "Sundress Publications // About Sundress".
5. "About – Best of the Net".
6. "Down".
7. "Down: An Interview with Erin Elizabeth Smith by Hannah V Warren". 3 March 2021.
8. "Gold Wake Press". Archived from the original on 2012-01-30.
9. "Read This Awesome Book: The Naming of Strays by Erin Elizabeth Smith". 3 January 2012.
10. "THE FEAR OF BEING FOUND - Erin Elizabeth Smith : Small Press Distribution". Archived from the original on 2010-09-13. Retrieved 2012-08-18.
11. "RATTLE e-Review: THE FEAR OF BEING FOUND by Erin Elizabeth Smith".
12. "Milk & Cake Press". 12 September 2023.
13. "dancing girl press". www.dancinggirlpress.com.
14. "The Naming of Strays by Erin Elizabeth Smith". Read This Awesome Book. 2012-01-03. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
15. "January Poetry Pick: The Naming of Strays". The Scrapper Poet. 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
16. Smith, Erin Elizabeth (2008-04-16). "RATTLE e-Review: THE FEAR OF BEING FOUND by Erin Elizabeth Smith". Rattle: Poetry. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
17. "Search". Department of English. Retrieved 2024-01-20.