Dave Smith is a poet, novelist, critic and past editor of The Southern Review. He is currently the Elliott Coleman Professor of Poetry at Johns Hopkins University. Smith is the recipient of an American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award. Recent works include The Wick of Memory: New and Selected Poems 1970-2000, Floating on Solitude: Three Volumes of Poetry, Fate’s Kite: Poems 1991-1995, Night Pleasures, Little Boats, Unsalvaged: Poems 1992-2004 and Hunting Men: Reflections on a Life in American Poetry.

Speaking Schedule

TBA

Learn more about Dave→

Grant Support Provided By

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Community Trust - Chazen Family Foundation - The Kennedy Foundation - Lyndhurst Foundation - Public Education Foundation - Tennessee Arts Commisson - UC Foundation

Media Sponsors

Brewer Media - Chattarati - WDEF News 12 - WUTC 88.1

Program Partners

Anonymous Gift - Baylor School - Medium - Olan & Norma Mills II

Book Patrons

L. Hardwick & Kitty Caldwell - Memorial Healthcare System - The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the UTC Department of English - Wild Hare Books

AEC is a funded member of Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga.

Join the AEC mailing list