Poet Dave Smith

Dave Smith's 18th collection of poetry, Hawks on Wires, was published in November 2011 by Louisiana State University Press. He has also published a novel and a collection of stories, two books of essays and, most recently, a collection of essays co-edited with Robert DeMott, called Afield: Writers on Bird Dogs. Smith's books have earned him a Guggenheim Fellowship, two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships in Poetry, and a Lyndhurst Fellowship.