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 two full-length poetry collections as well as a chapbook.[3] Smith lives in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where she coordinates weekend workshops for writers in the Knoxville area.[4]

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.[5] Since 2006, Smith has edited the Best of the Net Anthology, also published by Sundress.[6]

Bibliography

Poetry Collections
  • The Naming of Strays. Gold Wake Press. 2011.[7][8]
  • The Fear of Being Found. Three Candles Press. 2008.[9][10]

Chapbook

  • The Chainsaw Bears. Dancing Girl Press. 2008.[11]

Reviews
  • The Naming of Strays reviewed by Anne Barngrover
  • The Naming of Strays reviewed by Karen J. Weyant
  • The Fear of Being Found reviewed by Gary Charles WIlkens
  • The Fear of Being Found reviewed by Wendy Whelan

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-07-16. Retrieved 2012-08-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://web.utk.edu/~english/staff/faculty/gf_eesmith.php
  3. http://www.sundresspublications.com/erin/erin.htm
  4. http://www.sundresspublications.com/workshops/
  5. http://www.sundresspublications.com/about.htm
  6. http://www.sundresspublications.com/bestof/past.htm
  7. http://goldwakepress.org/print-series/
  8. http://readthisawesomebook.blogspot.com/2012/01/naming-of-strays-by-erin-elizabeth.html
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-09-13. Retrieved 2012-08-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. http://www.rattle.com/ereviews/smithfear.htm
  11. http://www.dancinggirlpress.com/chainsaw.html
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