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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox person Aaron Smith is an American poet. Three of his poetry collections have been finalists for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry.[1][2][3] His poetry often covers "what it means to be a gay man from a rural, working class environment."[4]

Education and career

Smith received a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Pittsburgh.[5] He previously taught at West Virginia Wesleyan College and currently serves as an associate professor of Creative Writing at Lesley University.[6][4] He has also been the recipient of fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Mass Cultural Council.[7][8]

Awards

Awards and honors for Smith's writing
Year Title Award/Honor Result Ref.
2003 What's Required Frank O'Hara Award
2004 Blue on Blue Ground Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize Winner [9]
2006 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry Finalist [1]
2013 Appetite Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry Finalist [2]
Paterson Poetry Prize Finalist [10]
Thom Gunn Award Finalist [11]
2016 Primer Poetry Must Read for the Massachusetts Center for the Book Honor [12]
2017 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry Finalist [3]
2020 The Book of Daniel Thom Gunn Award Finalist [11]

Publications

Poetry collections

  • Blue on Blue Ground, Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005)
  • Appetite (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012)
  • Primer (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016)
  • The Book of Daniel (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019)
  • Stop Lying (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2023)

Chapbooks

  • Men in Groups: Chapbook (Winged City/New Sins Press 2011)
  • What's Required

Poems

  • “What It Feels Like to be Aaron Smith,” in The Best American Poetry 2013 (Scribner, 2013)

References

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External links

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