Aaron Smith is an American poet. Three of his poetry collections have been finalists for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry. His poetry often covers "what it means to be a gay man from a rural, working class environment."
Education and career Smith received a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Pittsburgh. He previously taught at West Virginia Wesleyan College and currently serves as an associate professor of Creative Writing at Lesley University. He has also been the recipient of fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Mass Cultural Council.
Awards +Awards for Smith's writingYearTitleAward/HonorResultRef.2003What's RequiredFrank O'Hara Award2004Blue on Blue GroundAgnes Lynch Starrett PrizeWinner2006Lambda Literary Award for Gay PoetryFinalist2013AppetiteLambda Literary Award for Gay PoetryFinalistPaterson Poetry PrizeFinalistThom Gunn AwardFinalist2016PrimerPoetry Must Read for the Massachusetts Center for the BookHonor2017Lambda Literary Award for Gay PoetryFinalist2020The Book of DanielThom Gunn AwardFinalist
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
External links
Official website