Charlie Smith (born June 27, 1947) is a poet and novelist.[1] He has written seven novels and seven books of poetry. He has won the Aga Khan Prize, the Levinson prize, the J. Howard and Barbara M.J. Wood prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.[2][3] His writing has appeared in magazines and journals such as The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Harper's,The New Republic, the New York Times, and The Nation. He lives in New York City and Key West.[2]
Books of poetry include:
Demo
Jump Soul
Word Comix
Women of America
Heroin and Other Poems
Before and After
The Palms
Indistinguishable from the Darkness
Red Roads
Novels include:
Men in Miami Hotels
Three Delays
Cheap Ticket to Heaven
Chimney Rock
The Lives of the Dead
Shine Hawk
Canaan
He has also written a book of three novellas entitled Crystal River.[1]
