Clint Smith (writer)
Clinton Smith III | |
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Born | New Orleans, Louisiana |
Alma mater |
Davidson College (BA) Harvard University |
Known for | Poetry, writing, activism |
Clinton Smith III is a writer, poet and scholar. He is the author of Counting Descent, a 2017 poetry collection that was a finalist for the NAACP Image Awards and won Best Poetry Book from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. Smith is also a doctoral candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is a regular contributor to the Pod Save the People podcast, where he discusses the week's news with a panel of other activists.[1]
Early life
Smith grew up in New Orleans, where he went to Benjamin Franklin High School prior to enrolling at the Awty International School in Houston, Texas.[2] He attended college at Davidson College, graduating in 2010.[3]
Career
He taught high school English in Prince George's County, Maryland before beginning doctoral work at the Harvard Graduate School of Education with a concentration in Culture, Institutions, and Society. His research focuses on race, mass incarceration and education.[4]
He was part of the winning team at the 2014 National Poetry Slam[5] and was a 2017 recipient of the Jerome J. Shestack Prize from The American Poetry Review.[6] He published his first book of poetry, Counting Descent, in 2016.[7] It won the 2017 Literary Award for Best Poetry Book from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association[8] and was a finalist for the NAACP Image Awards.[9] He was on the 2018 Forbes 30 Under 30 list[10] and Ebony's 2017 Power 100 list.[11]
Smith is also a New Yorker contributor.[12] His work is included in the anthology The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race (2016), edited by Jesmyn Ward.[13]
Personal life
Smith resides in Washington, D.C. with his wife and son.[14]
References
- ↑ "Pod Save the People". crooked.com. 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ↑ Smith, Clint (March 1, 2016). "Donald Trump, David Duke, and the Soccer Fields of Louisiana". The New Yorker. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
- ↑ "The New Yorker: Clint Smith '10 on Trump, Duke and Disavowal". www.davidson.edu. Davidson College. March 2, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
- ↑ Alford, Natasha S. (October 3, 2016). "#GrioAuthorsCircle: Clint Smith reads excerpt from new book 'Counting Descent'". The Grio. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
- ↑ Dingfelder, Sadie (August 15, 2014). "D.C.'s Beltway Poetry Slam triumphs at the National Poetry Slam". Washington Post. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
- ↑ "Shestack Prizes Awarded to Clint Smith & Marie Howe". August 31, 2017.
- ↑ "Through Poetry And TED Talks, Clint Smith Probes Racism In America". WBUR. November 28, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
- ↑ "BCALA Announces the 2017 Literary Awards Winners". January 21, 2017.
- ↑ "NAACP Image Award Nominations Announced". NAACP. December 13, 2016.
- ↑ "30 Under 30 2018: Media". Forbes.
- ↑ "The EBONY Power 100 2017". Ebony.
- ↑ Wile, Rob (May 18, 2016). "This Historian Explains How America Became Resegregated, in 11 Tweets". Fusion. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
- ↑ "The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race". www.simonandschuster.com. 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
- ↑ "Clint Smith Official Website".