Mike Smith

Mike Smith is the author of AND THERE WAS EVENING AND THERE WAS MORNING, a memoir published by WTAW Press (September 2017). He’s published three collections of poetry, including two from BlazeVox Books, BYRON AND BAGHDAD and MULTIVERSE, a collection of two anagrammatic cycles. His translation of the first part of Goethe’s FAUST was published by Shearsman Books in 2012, and he is co-editor of the anthology, CONTEMPORARY CHINESE SHORT-SHORT STORIES: A PARALLEL TEXT, published by Columbia University Press (October 2017). Together with software engineer Brandon Nelson, Mike created and curates THE ZOMBIE POETRY PROJECT at www.zombiepoetryproject.com. He lives deep in the Mississippi Delta and directs the Honors Program at Delta State University.