Description
Poetry. THE COLLECTED POEMS OF JARED SMITH: 1971-2011 brings together almost 300 poems from 9 books along with over 60 poems that were previously uncollected. After earning degrees in poetry and literature from NYU, Jared spent 30 years in technology research and education, including appointments as a Special Appointee and Advisor to Argonne National Laboratory, and technical and policy advisor to several White House Commissions during the Clinton Administration.
"There is a kind of certainty that seems to characterize Jared Smith's best work, an understanding about place and the flow of spirit that makes you think of Thoreau along with a commitment as fierce as that of Pablo Neruda."—Joseph Bruchac
"I like your I-witness of the song in our blood...it's a pleasure!"—Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Author Bio
Jared Smith is the author of 16 volumes of poetry and editor of several volumes of applied science. He has served on the Editorial Board of several literary magazines, including The New York Quarterly, Home Planet News, The Pedestal Magazine, and Turtle Island Quarterly, in addition to the boards of literary and arts non-profits in New York, Illinois, and Colorado. His poetry and essays have appeared in hundreds of literary journals and anthologies in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, England, France, Taiwan, and Mainland China.
Recognized for his work in both the arts and sciences, Jared got his undergraduate and graduate degrees from New York University. He taught at NYU's Reading Institute and LaGuardia Community College (CCNY,) before working as Vice President at The Energy Bureau, Inc.; Associate Director of Education and Research at Institute of Gas Technology, where his work included serving as an Advisor on Critical Infrastructure vulnerabilities to several White House Commissions under President Clinton; and finally as Special Appointee to Argonne National Laboratory. He lives with his wife in Ellicott City, Maryland.
Author City: ELLICOTT CITY, MD USA