Sometimes the best ideas come together at the very last minute. That was the case for Smith College students Mary Clare ...

Natalie Diaz’s poetry is raw, rhythmic, and tender. The New York Times called her debut, When My Brother Was an Aztec (2012), an “ambitious… beautiful book.” Pima and Mojave, and an enrolled member of ...

Cornelius Eady is the author of seven books of poetry and two librettos. Praised for his approachable and simple language, Eady captures the emotional vulnerability of life in a clean, elegant style.

Lucille Clifton is one of the most beloved and respected figures in American poetry today. A major voice since her publishing debut in 1969, she has continued to portray the experiences of being an ...

Poet, translator, scholar and activist Eleanor Wilner has received many honors, including a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (1991-1996). Her fifth and most recent collection, Reversing the Spell: New ...

Born and raised in Atlanta, Adrienne Su studied at Harvard and the University of Virginia. Her debut collection Middle Kingdom (1997) draws from her experiences as a Chinese-American woman, and has ...

Melodye Serino uses the knowledge gained as a government major at Smith College on a daily basis solving the challenges of local government as the deputy county administrative officer at the County of ...

In her poem “38,” Layli Long Soldier notes, “‘Real’ poems do not ‘really’ require words.” But her worded poems are no less real for the writing of them; Long Soldier’s words are a knife, a needle, a ...

Described as “the real deal” by the Co-editor of Latino Boom, Aracelis Girmay is a powerful, inventive poet, writer, and educator who is not afraid to take on any subject, including rape and genocide, ...

In her new book, Posthuman Bliss? The Failed Promise of Transhumanism, Susan B. Levin, Roe/Straut Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy, offers what Bruce Jennings of Vanderbilt ...

Smith College is in the midst of a major energy transformation. After nearly two years of digging, installation of piping, and construction, buildings on the north side of campus are now being heated ...

When Christine McCarthy ’77 was 9 years old, she had to write a report on her hero. Her choice: Amelia Earhart. “I idolized her because she did adventurous things men did and broke barriers,” McCarthy ...