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Clint Smith is the author of the poetry collection Counting Descent (2016) and a meta-historical travelogue novel How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America (2021).
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Clint Smith is the author of the poetry collection Counting...
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Clint Smith is the #1 New York Timesbestselling author of How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction and was named one of the New York Times10 Best Books of 2021.
Smith published his first book of poetry, Counting Descent, in 2016. It won the 2017 Literary Award for Best Poetry Book from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and was a finalist for the NAACP Image Awards. He was on the 2018 Forbes 30 Under 30 list and Ebony's 2017 Power 100 list.
Clint Smith is a staff writer at The Atlantic. His first full-length collection of poetry, Counting Descent, won the 2017 Literary Award for Best Poetry Book from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association.
Mar 29, 2023 · Smith's poems, which are addressed to his young children, describe what their ancestors endured and escaped. He also examines the joy and anxiety of parenthood, especially as a Black father...
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Clint Smith is the author of the poetry collection Counting Descent (2016) and a meta-historical travelogue novel How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America (2021).
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Clint Smith is the author of How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America (Little, Brown, 2021), winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction; Counting Descent (Write Bloody Publishing, 2016), winner of the 2017 Literary Award for Best Poetry Book from the Black Caucus of the American Library ...
