E2: Running and Writing: An Interview with Crystal Simone Smith

Crystal Simone Smith, poet and Managing Editor of Backbone Press,  discusses her new chapbook, “Running Music” (Longleaf Press, 2014) which explores her experiences as a  runner, family, and grief. As one who began writing professionally as an adult, Smith says, “It’s never too late to find poetry.”

Podcast Notes:

Crystal Simone Smith was raised in Prince George’s County, Maryland and educated in North Carolina at Bennett College, UNC-Greensboro, and Queens University of Charlotte. She is also Managing Editor for Backbone Press and currently lives in Durham, NC, where she teaches Composition and Creative Writing. http://crystalsimonesmith.com

Resources

Warren Wilson Low Residency MFA: http://www.wwcmfa.org
The Sun Magazine: http://thesunmagazine.org

Inspirational Poets

Lucille Clifton: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/lucille-clifton Sharon Olds: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/sharon-olds

Publications

Routes Home (Finishing Line Press) by Crystal Simone Smith Finishing Line Press: https://finishinglinepress.com

Running Music (Longleaf Press) by Crystal Simone SmithLongleaf

Press: http://www.methodist.edu/longleaf/index.htm

 Haiku Poetry Form

Lenard D. Moore, poet: http://www.hsa-haiku.org/member/Meet-LenardMoore.htm Haiku Society of America: http://www.hsa-haiku.org

 Inspirational Poetry

“Mother to Son” Langston Hughes: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/177021 Blacks by Gwendolyn Brooks: http://www.amazon.com/Blacks-Gwendolyn-Brooks/dp/0883781050

 Crystal’s Book Recommendations

Mother Love by Rita Dove: http://books.wwnorton.com/books/Mother-Love/ Sonnet form: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/poetic-form-sonnet What Work Is by Philip Levine http://knopfdoubleday.com/book/100554/what-work-is/

 North Carolina Poetry Networks

North Carolina Poetry Society: http://www.ncpoetrysociety.org 

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