Carmen Giménez Smith - Bio

Carmen Giménez Smith is the author of a memoir, Bring Down the Little Birds (University of Arizona, 2010), four poetry collections— Gender Fables (University of Arizona, 2012), Goodbye, Flicker (University of Massachusetts, 2012), The City She Was (Center for Literary Publishing, 2011) and Odalisque in Pieces (University of Arizona, 2009)—and three poetry chapbooks—Reason's Monster (Dusie Kollectiv, 2011), Can We Talk Here (Belladonna Books, 2011) and Glitch (Dusie Kollectiv, 2009). She is the recipient of a 2011 American Book Award, the 2011 Juniper Prize for Poetry, and a 2011-2012 fellowship in creative nonfiction from the Howard Foundation. She is the editor-in-chief of the literary journal Puerto del Sol and the publisher of Noemi Press.