Harry Joseph Smith (born 1936) is a poet, editor and essayist who divides his time between Maine and New York City.
Educated at Brown University, Smith first became known in the small press world as the editor of The Smith, a literary magazine and small press founded in the mid-1960s. Typical prose can be found in The Sexy Sixties (2002), poetry in Trinity (1975), Sonnets to P.L.A. (1979), and Ballads for the Possessed (1987). His magazine and press featured among others James T. Farrell, Menke Katz, Stanley Nelson, Sidney Bernard, Bill Rane and Richard (Ward) Morris. An anthology of avant-garde poetry Inside the Outside (2006) features a selection of his poetry.[1] He is married to the playwright Clare Melley Smith.
Ralph Farris of ETHEL set Smith's poem Solstice People to music and it was featured in the 2007 In the House of ETHEL: Solstice concert at the World Financial Center's Winter Garden .[2]