Becoming a father has made Clint Smith "lean into levity." In his second poetry collection, the staff writer at The Atlantic pens odes to an electric baby swing ("I literally cannot imagine my life ...

Bestselling author and poet Clint Smith grew up in New Orleans but resettled in Houston in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina. The work of author Clint Smith often reflects the essence and culture of his ...

Clint Smith began writing the poems in his new collection, Above Ground, when his wife was pregnant with their first child. The poems reflect the joy and fear that accompanies fatherhood. Some are fun ...

In “Above Ground,” Clint Smith writes about the everyday joy, anxiety and exhaustion of parenthood with young children. He also writes about the legacy of slavery and racism and how that history ...

**Clint Smith** is a writer, teacher, and Emerson Fellow at New America. He currently teaches writing and literature in the DC Central Detention facility. His essays, poems, and scholarly writing have ...