Crystal Smith
- Assistant Professor of EnglishDepartment of English and Multimedia Studies
Contact Info:
- csmith@st-aug.edu
- 919.516.4221
- Boyer Building, Room 316
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
B.A. – University of North Carolina-Greensboro
M.F.A. – Queens University of Charlotte
AREA(S) OF RESEARCH
African American Poetics
Japanese Poetic Forms
Role and impact of poetic writing in prisoner rehabilitation
PUBLICATION(S)
One Window’s Light: A Collection of Haiku – Unicorn Press (with Lenard D. Moore, Sheila Smith McKoy, Gideon Young, and L. Teresa Church)
Wild Flowers: Haiku, Senryu, and Haiga
Running Music – Longleaf Press
Routes Home – Finishing Line Press
SAU ORGANIZATIONS
SAU Poetry Club
SAU Humanities Cultural Calendar of Events
AWARDS & HONORS
slave museum – NCPS Bloodroot Haiku Award, 1st place
Black Girl Magic in Summers Past – James Applewhite Poetry Award, NCLR honorable-mentioned finalist
One Window’s Light – Haiku Society of America’s Merit Book Award
Plantation Tour – NCPS Griffin-Farlow Haiku Award, 2nd place
FAVORITE QUOTE
I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously. –bell hooks