Carmen Giménez Smith
Encyclopedia
Carmen Giménez Smith is an American
poet
, writer
and editor
.
Giménez Smith earned a B.A. from San Jose State University
and an M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers' Workshop
, where she was a Teaching-Writing Fellow. She is currently an assistant professor in the M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing at New Mexico State University
. She also teaches in Ashland University's
M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing. Giménez Smith serves as publisher of Noemi Press and editor-in-chief of the literary journal Puerto del Sol, and she holds a seat on the editorial committee at VIDA: Women in Literary Arts.
In 2009, Giménez Smith was named to Poetry Society of America's
biennial New American Poets Series. In 2011, she was named a Howard Foundation Fellow in Creative Nonfiction; 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
.
United States
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poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, writer
Writer
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and editor
Editor
The term editor may refer to:As a person who does editing:* Editor in chief, having final responsibility for a publication's operations and policies* Copy editing, making formatting changes and other improvements to text...
.
Giménez Smith earned a B.A. from San Jose State University
San José State University
San Jose State University is a public university located in San Jose, California, United States...
and an M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers' Workshop
Iowa Writers' Workshop
The Program in Creative Writing, more commonly known as the Iowa Writers' Workshop, at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, is a highly regarded graduate-level creative writing program in the United States...
, where she was a Teaching-Writing Fellow. She is currently an assistant professor in the M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing at New Mexico State University
New Mexico State University
New Mexico State University at Las Cruces , is a major land-grant university in Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States...
. She also teaches in Ashland University's
Ashland University
Ashland University is a mid-sized, private, non-profit university that is located in Ashland, Ohio.The University offers 73 undergraduate majors and nine pre-professional programs. The majors include toxicology/environmental science and entrepreneurship, which are unusual for an institution of its...
M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing. Giménez Smith serves as publisher of Noemi Press and editor-in-chief of the literary journal Puerto del Sol, and she holds a seat on the editorial committee at VIDA: Women in Literary Arts.
In 2009, Giménez Smith was named to Poetry Society of America's
Poetry Society of America
The Poetry Society of America is a literary organization founded in 1910 by poets, editors, and artists including Witter Bynner. It is the oldest poetry organization in the United States. Past members of the have included such renowned writers as Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Edna St. Vincent...
biennial New American Poets Series. In 2011, she was named a Howard Foundation Fellow in Creative Nonfiction; 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
University of Massachusetts Press
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.
Awards
- 2009 Poetry Society of America'sPoetry Society of AmericaThe Poetry Society of America is a literary organization founded in 1910 by poets, editors, and artists including Witter Bynner. It is the oldest poetry organization in the United States. Past members of the have included such renowned writers as Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Edna St. Vincent...
New American Poets Series - 2011 Juniper Prize for PoetryUniversity of Massachusetts PressThe University of Massachusetts Press is a university press that is part of the University of Massachusetts. The press was founded in 1963, publishing scholarly books and non-fiction. The press imprint is overseen by an interdisciplinary faculty committee....
- 2011 American Book Award
- 2011-2012 Howard Foundation Fellowship in Creative Nonfiction
Poetry Collections
- Odalisque in Pieces (Tucson, University of Arizona PressUniversity of Arizona PressThe University of Arizona Press, a publishing house founded in 1959 as a department of the University of Arizona, is a nonprofit publisher of scholarly and regional books...
, 2009). - The City She Was (Ft. Collins, Center for Literary Publishing, 2011).
- Goodbye, Flicker (Amherst, University of Massachusetts PressUniversity of Massachusetts PressThe University of Massachusetts Press is a university press that is part of the University of Massachusetts. The press was founded in 1963, publishing scholarly books and non-fiction. The press imprint is overseen by an interdisciplinary faculty committee....
, 2012).
Fiction Anthology
- My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me, edited with Kate Bernheimer (New York, PenguinPenguin GroupThe Penguin Group is a trade book publisher, the largest in the world , having overtaken Random House in 2009. The Penguin Group is the name of the incorporated division of parent Pearson PLC that oversees these publishing operations...
, 2010).
Chapbooks
- Glitch (Zurich, Dusie Kollectiv, 2010)
- Reason's Monster (Zurich, Dusie Kollectiv, 2011)
- Can We Talk Here (New York, Belladonna BooksBelladonna BooksBelladonna Books began as a project of Belladonna*/Belladonna Series in 2000. David Kirschenbaum, a frequent attendee to the early Belladonna Reading Series, and the publisher of Boog Literature, offered to co-publish commemorative literature for each monthly event...
, 2011)