Becoming a father has made Clint Smith "lean into levity." In his second poetry collection, the staff writer at The Atlantic pens odes to an electric baby swing ("I literally cannot imagine my life ...

Clint Smith began writing the poems in his new collection, Above Ground, when his wife was pregnant with their first child. The poems reflect the joy and fear that accompanies fatherhood. Some are fun ...

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But growing up, the 26-year-old'sview of poetry was heavily influenced by those two men, "both of whom were writers who have experiences that I didn't identify with as a working-class Salvadoran girl ...

Clint Smith began writing the poems in his new collection, Above Ground, when his wife was pregnant with their first child. The poems reflect the joy and fear that accompanies fatherhood. Some are fun ...

Clint Smith’s 2021 narrative nonfiction book, “How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America,” won The Atlantic staff writer and scholar a National Book Critics Circle ...

In his new bestselling book, Clint Smith — New Orleans native, staff writer for The Atlantic, and award-winning poet — begins with an observation about New Orleans from historian Walter Johnson’s ...

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In his new poetry collection, “Above Ground,” award-winning writer Clint Smith explores the transformative experience of becoming a father, from seeing the world’s joys and tragedies anew to the ...

Few details go unnoticed by Clint Smith: His child’s first hiccup. The way his grandfather’s house still smells like his late grandmother’s hair. The eroding coastline in his home state of Louisiana.

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Becoming a father has made Clint Smith "lean into levity." "How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America" for $22.99 at Amazon "How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning ...