Charlie Smith (poet)

by George Dance Charlie Smith (born 1947) is an American poet.

Life
Smith was born in Moultrie, Georgia, in 1947. After serving in the Peace Corps, he earned a Bachelor of Arts}B.A. in 1971 from Duke University, and a M.F.A. in 1984 from the University of Iowa. His first poetry collection, Red Roads, was selected for the National Poetry Series and published in 1987. He has since published several other collections, plus five novels.

Smith has taught at Princeton University and the University of Alabama. As of 2011, he lives in New York City.

Recognition
Red Roads, Smith's first book of poetry, won the Great Lakes New Poets Award. His novella Crystal River won the Aga Khan Prize from the Paris Review.

Poetry

 * Red Roads. Plume, 1987.
 * Indistinguishable from the Darkness. W.W. Norton & Company, 1990.
 * The Palms. 1993.
 * Before and After. 1995.
 * Heroin and other poems. 2000.
 * Women of America. 2004.
 * Word Comix W.W. Norton & Co., 2009.

Fiction

 * Canaan 1985.
 * Shine Hawk. 1988.
 * The Lives of the Dead. 1990.
 * Crystal River (novellas). 1991.
 * Chimney Rock 1993.
 * Cheap Ticket to Heaven. Henry Holt, 1996.

Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy the Academy of American Poets.