Carmen Giménez Smith
| Carmen Giménez Smith | |
|---|---|
 Carmen Giménez Smith at 2012 Fall for the Book | |
| Born |
February 20, 1971 New York City |
| Alma mater | San Jose State University; Iowa Writers' Workshop |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Spouse | Evan Lavender-Smith |
Carmen Giménez Smith (born February 20, 1971 in New York City) is an American poet, writer and editor.
Life
Giménez Smith earned a Bachelor of Arts from San Jose State University and a Master of Fine Arts from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she was a Teaching-Writing Fellow. She is currently an assistant professor in the Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing at New Mexico State University.[1] She also teaches in Ashland University's Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing.[2] Giménez Smith serves as publisher of Noemi Press and editor-in-chief of the literary journal Puerto del Sol,[3][4] and she holds a seat on the editorial committee at VIDA: Women in Literary Arts.[5] She is married to writer Evan Lavender-Smith.
In 2009, Giménez Smith was named to Poetry Society of America's biennial New American Poets Series.[6] In 2011, she was named a Howard Foundation Fellow in Creative Nonfiction;[7] her memoir, Bring Down the Little Birds, received an American Book Award; and her third collection of poems, Goodbye, Flicker, was awarded the Juniper Prize for Poetry.[8]
Awards
- 2009 Poetry Society of America's New American Poets Series
- 2011 Juniper Prize for Poetry
- 2011 American Book Award
- 2011–2012 Howard Foundation Fellowship in Creative Nonfiction
- 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award (Poetry) shortlist for Milk and Filth[9][10]
Books
Poetry collections
- Milk and Filth (Tucson, The University of Arizona Press, 2013). ISBN 9780816521166
- Odalisque in Pieces (Tucson, University of Arizona Press, 2009). ISBN 9780816527885
- The City She Was (Ft. Collins, Center for Literary Publishing, 2011). ISBN 9781457111723
- Goodbye, Flicker (Amherst, University of Massachusetts Press, 2012). ISBN 9781558499492
Memoir
- Bring Down the Little Birds (Tucson, University of Arizona Press, 2010). ISBN 9780816528691
Fiction anthology
- My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me, edited with Kate Bernheimer (New York, Penguin, 2010).
Chapbooks
- Glitch (Zurich, Dusie Kollectiv, 2010)
- Reason's Monster (Zurich, Dusie Kollectiv, 2011)
- Can We Talk Here (New York, Belladonna Books, 2011)
References
- ↑ "Faculty page at New Mexico State University". nmsu.edu. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
- ↑ "Faculty page at Ashland University". ashland.edu. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
- ↑ "Faculty page at New Mexico State University". nmsu.edu. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
- ↑ "Masthead at Noemi Press". noemipress.org. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
- ↑ "Committees page at VIDA". vidaweb.org. Archived from the original on September 3, 2011. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
- ↑ "Poetry Society of America's New American Poets Series". poetrysociety.org. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
- ↑ "Howard Foundation Fellows". Brown.edu. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
- ↑ "ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS OF THE 2011 JUNIPER PRIZES" (PDF). umass.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 23, 2011. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
- ↑ Kirsten Reach (January 14, 2014). "NBCC finalists announced". Melville House Publishing. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
- ↑ "Announcing the National Book Critics Awards Finalists for Publishing Year 2013". National Book Critics Circle. January 14, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
External links
- Author site
- Featured in Poetry Society of America's New American Poets Series
- Biography at the Poetry Foundation
- "NewsPoet: Carmen Gimenez Smith's Day In Verse", NPR, May 21, 2012
- Erika L. Sánchez. "Latino Lens: Feminist Poet Draws Praise for New Book". NBC News.