Dave Smith (born December 19, 1942[1] in Portsmouth, Virginia) is an American poet, writer, critic, editor, and educator.
He is the author of more than a dozen volumes of poetry, and has also published works of prose and edited collections.
[1] Formerly editor of The Southern Review, Smith now serves as editor of the Southern Messenger Poets series from Louisiana State University Press.
[3] He is an elected member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers[4] and a frequent Sewanee Writers' Conference faculty member.
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