Kirkpatrick has been named dean of libraries for Smith College. Most recently serving as the dean of university libraries at ...

The Smith Quarterly won big at this year’s Society of Publication Designers (SPD) awards, besting the competition in four ...

Connect With Smith took a May hiatus for Reunions I and II in Northampton before On the Road headed over the sea: The ...

Danez Smith is the author of Don’t Call Us Dead, a finalist for the 2017 National Book Award which circles their Black, queer, and HIV positive status. At once haunted, sensual, explosive and ...

Jamaal May, described by the Boston Review as a “poet as machinist”, writes exquisite paths between the melancholy and the sublime. Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, May explores themes of ...

Artful adventures in and around the museum for 2–5 year-olds and their caregivers! Explore a different theme in each session on selected Fridays throughout the year. Registered families can join us in ...

Paisley Rekdal is the author of six collections of poetry, most recently Nightingale (Copper Canyon Press, 2019), a book described as “riveting poetic alchemy” that rewrites many of the myths of ...

Karen Poppy '98 was in the first class to participate in The Poetry Center at Smith College, and has fond memories of that. She came back to writing poetry and fiction last year, after an almost 20 ...

Laura Passin is the author of Borrowing Your Body (Riot in Your Throat, 2021) and All Sex and No Story (Rabbit Catastrophe Press). She earned her PhD in English Literature at Northwestern and her MFA ...

Jessica Jacobs’ new book, unalone (Four Way Books, 2024), engages in conversation with the Book of Genesis, exploring how one of humanity’s most ancient texts comes alive for a queer Jewish woman ...

It was clear that Smith would support me in many ways—financially, academically and beyond. I found this to be unique compared to other institutions. I knew I would feel safe and cared for at Smith.