Synopses & Reviews
Before and After, his fourth volume, is his most powerful collection to date'"with poems so short and direct they hit home like a knife to the heart.
In Before and After, Smith effectively captures the intimate life of one family'"in all its courage, deceit, misery, madness, love, revelation, and rage'"and transforms it to record the life of the American family.
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"Each of these short and stunning poems secures Smith's place as one of the most original and captivating voices on the current scene." Booklist
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"A glittering, forceful collection." Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
, his fourth volume, is his most powerful collection to date--with poems so short and direct they hit home like a knife to the heart. In , Smith effectively captures the intimate life of one family--in all its courage, deceit, misery, madness, love, revelation, and rage--and transforms it to record the life of the American family.
Synopsis
As both poet and novelist, Charlie Smith has been hailed as "prodigiously talented" by the , and Madison Smartt Bell describes him as "a spectacular stylist" and "a visionary."
About the Author
Charlie Smith is the author of seven previous poetry collections, seven novels, and a book of novellas. He has won the Aga Khan Prize, the Levinson Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. His first book, Red Roads, was chosen for the National Poetry Series and received the Great Lakes New Poets Award. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Paris Review, Harper's, New Republic, Nation, the New York Times, and elsewhere. Three of his novels have been named New York Times Notable Books. He lives in New York City and Key West, Florida.