Jared Smith

Poet

Ellicott City, MD
Maryland US

Author's Bio

Author of 16 volumes of critically acclaimed volumes of poetry. Jared Smith served on the Editorial Board of several major literary magazines, including The New York Quarterly, Home Planet News, The Pedestal Magazine, and Trail & Timberline, as well as on the boards of several arts and literary non-profits in New York, Illinois, and Colorado. His work has appeared in hundreds of literary journals in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, England, France Taiwan, and Mainland China. Examples of my essays, literary reviews, poetry, and CDs can be found at my website at www.jaredsmith.info

Publications & Prizes

Books:
A Sphere Encased in Fire and Life (NYQ Books, 2023)
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To The Dark Angels (NYQ Books, 2014)
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The Collected Poems of Jared Smith (NYQ Books, 2012)
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Grassroots (Wind Publications, 2010)
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Looking Into the Machinery: The Selected Longer Poems of Jared Smith (Tamarack Editions, 2010)
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The Graves Gorw Bigger Between Generations (Higganum Hill Books, 2008)
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Where Images Become Imbued With Time (Puddin'head Press, 2007)
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Lake Michigan and Other Poems (Puddin'head Press, 2005)
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Walking the Perimeters of the Plate Glass Window Factory (Birch Brook Press, 2000)
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Keeping the Outlaw Alive (Erie Street Press, 1988)
Chapbook:
This Town (Liquid Light Press, 2018)
Journals:
After Hours
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Big City Lit
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Bitterroot
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Bottomfish
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Buckle
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Colorado North Review
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Confrontation
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Connecticut Fireside
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Context South
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Dacotah Territory
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Dekalb Literary Arts Journal
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Fifth Wednesday Journal
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Galley Sail Review
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Gander Press Review
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Greenfield Review
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Heavy Bear
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Home Planet News
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Ibbetson Street Press
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Iconoclast
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Illinois Review
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Kenyon Review
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Louisiana Literature
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Lummox Journal
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Malpais Review
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Mati
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New York Quarterly
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Northwoods Journal
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Partisan Review
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Pembroke Magazine
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Pilgrimage Magazine
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Poetry Bay
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Pulpsmith
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Remington Review
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Rhino Magazine
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Second Coming
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Seventh Quarry/Swansea Wales
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Smith
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Sol Magazine
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Spillway
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Spillway Review
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Spoon River Poetry Review
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Statement: Journal of the Colorado Language Arts Society
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Tamarack
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Telephone
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The Comstock Review
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The Quirk
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The Same
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Vagabond
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Verse Daily
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Wind
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Xanadu
Prizes won: 

Nominnated for 5 Pushcart Awards,Finalist in three Ashland Poetry Contests, numerous prizes from Poets & Patrons, Colorado Authors League, Poetry Rendezvous, and other organizations. Judge for numerous national poetry contests.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, At Risk Youth, Naturalists/Environmentalists, Seniors, Teachers, Teenagers
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Cleveland, OH
Ohio
Raised in: 
White Plains, NY
New York
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Last update: Jan 25, 2023