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词条 Clint Smith (writer)
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  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Personal life

  4. References

{{Infobox person
| name = Clinton Smith III
| birth_place = New Orleans, Louisiana
| alma_mater = Davidson College (BA)
Harvard University
| known_for = Poetry, writing, activism
| website = http://www.clintsmithiii.com/
}}Clinton Smith III is a writer, poet and scholar. He is the author of Counting Descent, a 2017 poetry collection that was a finalist for the NAACP Image Awards and won Best Poetry Book from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. Smith is also a doctoral candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is a regular contributor to the Pod Save the People podcast, where he discusses the week's news with a panel of other activists.[1]

Early life

Smith grew up in New Orleans, where he went to Benjamin Franklin High School prior to enrolling at the Awty International School in Houston, Texas.[2] He attended college at Davidson College, graduating in 2010.[3]

Career

He taught high school English in Prince George's County, Maryland before beginning doctoral work at the Harvard Graduate School of Education with a concentration in Culture, Institutions, and Society. His research focuses on race, mass incarceration and education.[4]

He was part of the winning team at the 2014 National Poetry Slam[5] and was a 2017 recipient of the Jerome J. Shestack Prize from The American Poetry Review.[6] He published his first book of poetry, Counting Descent, in 2016.[7] It won the 2017 Literary Award for Best Poetry Book from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association[8] and was a finalist for the NAACP Image Awards.[9] He was on the 2018 Forbes 30 Under 30 list[10] and Ebony's 2017 Power 100 list.[11]

Smith is also a New Yorker contributor.[12] His work is included in the anthology The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race (2016), edited by Jesmyn Ward.[13]

Personal life

Smith resides in Washington, D.C. with his wife and son.[14]

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=https://crooked.com/podcast-series/pod-save-the-people/ |title=Pod Save the People |author= |date=2017 |website=crooked.com|access-date=10 August 2018}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/donald-trump-david-duke-and-the-soccer-fields-of-louisiana|title=Donald Trump, David Duke, and the Soccer Fields of Louisiana|first=Clint|last=Smith|date=March 1, 2016|work=The New Yorker|access-date=March 29, 2018}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=The New Yorker: Clint Smith '10 on Trump, Duke and Disavowal|url=https://www.davidson.edu/news/news-stories/160302-new-yorker-clint-smith-responds-to-donald-trump|website=www.davidson.edu|publisher=Davidson College|access-date=December 14, 2016|date=March 2, 2016}}
4. ^{{cite news|last1=Alford|first1=Natasha S.|title=#GrioAuthorsCircle: Clint Smith reads excerpt from new book ‘Counting Descent’|url=http://thegrio.com/2016/10/03/grioauthorscircle-clint-smith-reads-excerpt-from-new-book-counting-descent-watch/|access-date=December 14, 2016|work=The Grio|date=October 3, 2016}}
5. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2014/08/15/d-c-s-beltway-poetry-slam-triumphs-at-the-national-poetry-slam/|title=D.C.’s Beltway Poetry Slam triumphs at the National Poetry Slam|last1=Dingfelder|first1=Sadie|date=August 15, 2014|work=Washington Post|access-date=December 14, 2016}}
6. ^{{cite news|url=https://aprweb.org/news/2017/08/31/shestack-prizes-awarded-to-clint-smith-marie-howe|title=Shestack Prizes Awarded to Clint Smith & Marie Howe|date=August 31, 2017}}
7. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2016/11/28/clint-smith-poetry|title=Through Poetry And TED Talks, Clint Smith Probes Racism In America|date=November 28, 2016|work=WBUR|access-date=December 14, 2016}}
8. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.bcala.org/book-award/|title=BCALA Announces the 2017 Literary Awards Winners|date=January 21, 2017}}
9. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.naacp.org/latest/naacp-image-award-nominations-announced/|title=NAACP Image Award Nominations Announced|date=December 13, 2016|work=NAACP}}
10. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2018/media/#7450d6cc2158|title=30 Under 30 2018: Media|work=Forbes}}
11. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.ebony.com/power100-2017/the-list.php|title=The EBONY Power 100 2017|work=Ebony}}
12. ^{{Cite news|url=http://fusion.net/story/303449/tweets-show-why-americas-schools-are-still-segregated-clint-smith/|title=This Historian Explains How America Became Resegregated, in 11 Tweets|last=Wile|first=Rob|date=May 18, 2016|work=|newspaper=Fusion|access-date=December 14, 2016|via=}}
13. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Fire-This-Time/Jesmyn-Ward/9781501126345|title=The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race |author= |date=2016 |website=www.simonandschuster.com |access-date=March 29, 2018}}
14. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.clintsmithiii.com/|title=Clint Smith Official Website}}
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