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Crystal Simone Smith

Instructor of Thompson Writing Program
Thompson Writing Program
Thompson Writing Program, Box 90025, Durham, NC 27708
Thompson Writing Program, Box 90025, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Publications


Mentoring a New Generation of African American Haiku Writers: In Conversation with Lenard D. Moore

Journal Article African American Review · March 2023 Abstract: Lenard D. Moore has published more haiku than any other African American writing in the genre. He has also mentored a new generation of African American haiku writers, including Camille Dungy. This interview details his wor ... Full text Cite

Dark Testament Blackout Poems

Book · January 3, 2023 In this extraordinary collection, the award-winning poet Crystal Simone Smith gives voice to the mournful dead, their lives unjustly lost to violence, and to the grieving chorus of protestors in today’s Black Lives Matter movement, in ... ... Cite

Witnessing: Resistance Poetry

Journal Article Southern Cultures · 2020 Full text Cite

Saturday Mornings, and: Personals, and: Care Song

Journal Article African American Review · June 2013 Full text Cite