Aaron Smith (poet)

Aaron Smith is an American poet. Three of his poetry collections have been finalists for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry.[1][2][3] His poetry often covers "what it means to be a gay man from a rural, working class environment."[4]

Aaron Smith
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Pittsburgh
Occupation(s)Poet and academic

Education and career

Smith received a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Pittsburgh.[5] He previously taught at West Virginia Wesleyan College and currently serves as an associate professor of Creative Writing at Lesley University.[6][4] He has also been the recipient of fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Mass Cultural Council.[7][8]

Awards
Awards and honors for Smith's writing
Year Title Award/Honor Result Ref.
2003 What's Required Frank O'Hara Award
2004 Blue on Blue Ground Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize Winner [9]
2006 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry Finalist [1]
2013 Appetite Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry Finalist [2]
Paterson Poetry Prize Finalist [10]
Thom Gunn Award Finalist [11]
2016 Primer Poetry Must Read for the Massachusetts Center for the Book Honor [12]
2017 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry Finalist [3]
2020 The Book of Daniel Thom Gunn Award Finalist [11]

Publications

Poetry collections
  • Blue on Blue Ground, Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005)
  • Appetite (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012)
  • Primer (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016)
  • The Book of Daniel (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019)
  • Stop Lying (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2023)

Chapbooks
  • Men in Groups: Chapbook (Winged City/New Sins Press 2011)
  • What's Required

Poems
  • “What It Feels Like to be Aaron Smith,” in The Best American Poetry 2013 (Scribner, 2013)

References
  1. Gonzalez Cerna, Antonio (2005-04-09). "18th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  2. "25th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced!". Lambda Literary. 2013-06-04. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  3. "29th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced". Lambda Literary. 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  4. "Taking a risk with honest poems | Lesley University". lesley.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  5. "Aaron Smith". Lesley University. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  6. "Aaron Smith / Bio". Lit Appetite. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  7. "Aaron Smith". Poetry Foundation. 2022-02-17. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  8. "Check out Aaron Smith's work on @masscultural's gallery!". Mass Cultural Council. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  9. "Blue on Blue Ground". University of Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  10. "The 2013 Paterson Poetry Prize" (PDF). The Poetry Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-15. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  11. "The Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry". The Publishing Triangle. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  12. "Susan Goodman wins Massachusetts Book Award". Lesley University. 2018-08-06. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
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