Carolyn Smart

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Carolyn Smart (born in England, 1952) is an author, mostly of poetry, who lives in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. She currently teaches Contemporary Canadian Literature and Creative Writing at Queen's University.

She was seventeen when she published her first poem in an anthology called Vibrations, edited by Gage publishing and intended for study in schools. She continued to publish while studying English Literature and Eastern Religion at the University of Toronto. She gave her first public reading in 1972, and she began writing full-time in 1979, with her first collection of poetry being published in 1981.

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Books

  • The Way To Come Home. London, Ontario: Brick Books, 1992, 1997 & 2003.
  • Stoning the Moon. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1986.
  • Power Sources. Fredericton, N.B.: Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1982.
  • Swimmers in Oblivion. Toronto: York Publishing, 1981.
  • At the End of the Day, A Memoir. Manotick: Penumbra Press, 2001.(Winner of the CBC Literary Contest, Personal Essay Category)

Poems and Essays in Anthologies

  • Poetry by Canadian Women. Ed. Rosemary Sullivan. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1989.
  • Anything Is Possible: A Selection of Eleven Women Poets. Ed. Mary di Michele. Oakville, Ontario: Mosaic Press, 1984.
  • The Dominion of Love. Ed. Tom Wayman. Vancouver: Harbour Publishing, 2001.
  • Best Canadian Essays. Ed. Douglas Fetherling. Toronto: Fifth House, 1989.
  • New Life in Dark Seas. Ed. Stan Dragland. Toronto: Brick Books, 2000.

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