R.T. Smith, GPC 2001-2002
R. T.
Smith was born in Washington, DC and raised in Georgia and North Carolina. His
books of poetry include Outlaw
Style (Arkansas, 2007), The
Hollow Log Lounge (University of Illinois Press, 2003), Brightwood (Louisiana State
University Press, 2003), Messenger
(2002), Split the Lark:
Selected Poems (1999), Trespasser
(1996), Hunter-Gatherer
(1996), The Cardinal Heart
(1991), and From the High Dive
(1983). He has also published a collection of stories entitled Faith (1995) and edited Common Wealth: Contemporary Poets of
Virginia (2003) with his wife, the poet Sarah Kennedy. His
poems have also appeared in The
Pushcart Anthology and Best
American Poems. In 2008, Outlaw
Style was named the Library of Virginia Book of the Year. Smith's
other honors include grants in literature from Arts International, the National
Endowment for the Arts, and the Virginia Commission for the Arts. He has taught
at Appalachian State University; Auburn University, where he served as Alumni
Writer-in-Residence and co-editor of Southern
Humanities Review; and Washington and Lee University. R. T.
Smith lives in Rockbridge County, Virginia and has edited Shenandoah: The Washington and Lee
University Review since 1995. He is currently also a member of the
faculty of the Converse College Low Residency MFA Program.
Additional Links:
Bio and link to “Hardware
Sparrow,” poets.org
“Cowgirl” Poetry Foundation
“The
Restless Dead: Walker County, Georgia” Asheville
Poetry Review, 11.1.
“Colony,”
“Fiddle-dee-dee,” “Home Ownership and Self Defense” Blackbird Archive, Fall 2008