Bruce Smith
Bruce Smith was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is the author of six books of poems: The Common Wages; Silver and Information (National Poetry Series, selected by Hayden Carruth); Mercy Seat; The Other Lover (University of Chicago), which was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize; Songs for Two Voices (Chicago, 2005); and most recently, Devotions, a finalist for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and winner of the William Carlos Williams Prize. He teaches at Syracuse University. (updated 10/2021)
Smith’s book The Mercy Seat was reviewed in AGNI 42 by Don Share.
AGNI has published the following work:
Called Back
Poetry by Bruce Smith
Concussion Protocol
Poetry by Bruce Smith
Devotion: Fly
Poetry by Bruce Smith
Devotion: Dub
Poetry by Bruce Smith
Mercy
Poetry by Bruce Smith
Hostile Witness
Poetry by Bruce Smith
Scenes From a Puppet Play
Poetry by Bruce Smith
Self-Portrait as Foreign Policy
Poetry by Bruce Smith
Against the Maker
Poetry by Bruce Smith
I Pray for No More Reagans
Poetry by Bruce Smith
Eve of Geneva
Poetry by Bruce Smith
Something of Consolation
Poetry by Bruce Smith