Bruce Smith (poet)

Bruce Smith (born 1946) is an American poet.

Life

Smith was born and raised in Philadelphia. He has since taught at the University of Alabama, and now teaches at Syracuse University.^[1]^[2] He has been a co-editor of the Graham House Review and a contributing editor of Born Magazine.^[3]

The Other Lover. University of Chicago Press. 2000. ISBN 9780226764085. http://books.google.com/books?id=IHOfSupQrLYC&pg=PT1&dq=Bruce+Smith+(poet)#v=onepage&q=Bruce%20Smith%20(poet)&f=false.
The Common Wages. Sheep Meadow Press. 1983. ISBN 9780935296426.
Silver and Information. University of Georgia Press. December 1985. ISBN 9780820307626.
Mercy Seat. University of Chicago Press. 1994. ISBN 9780226764054. http://books.google.com/books?id=_WvT5S9DJ4gC&pg=PA11&dq=Bruce+Smith+(poet)&lr=#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
Songs for Two Voices. University of Chicago Press. April 2005. ISBN 9780226764559.

Yusef Komunyakaa, David Lehman, ed (2003). The Best American Poetry 2003. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9780743203883.
Lyn Hejinian, David Lehman, ed (2004). "Song of the Ransom of the Dark". The best American poetry, 2004. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743257572. http://books.google.com/books?id=58J6YcsJuloC&pg=PA224&dq=Bruce+Smith+(poet)#v=onepage&q=Bruce%20Smith%20(poet)&f=false.
2009 Pushcart Prize anthology