CAROLYN SMART
Professor Department of English, Queen’s University Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 613-533-6000 Ext. 74434 Electronic mail: [email protected]
Academic Background: BAH Trinity College, University of Toronto, 1973
Employment--Academic: 2016- Professor, Department of English, Queen’s University 2010-2016 Continuing Adjunct, Department of English, Queen's University 2003-2009 Term Adjunct, Department of English, Queen’s University 1989-2003 Adjunct I, Department of English, Queen’s University
Associated Literary Activities: Associate Editor, McGill-Queen’s Press, MacLennan Poetry Series, 2013 - Consultant, Broadview Press, Creative Writing texts, 2013- The Banff School of Fine Arts, Faculty, Writing with Style, Poetry, 2011 Editorial Board member, McGill-Queen’s Press, MacLennan series, 1996-2006
Awards and Honours: Fred Cogswell Award For Excellence in Poetry, 2nd prize, for CAREEN, 2016 Dora Mavor Moore Award: Outstanding New Play, nomination for HOOKED, 2015 Showcase Award, Alberta Magazine Publishers Association, finalist, 2014 K.M. Hunter Artist Awards (Literature) nominated, 2011 ReLit Award, long-listed, 2010 CBC Literary Contest, 1st Prize, Personal Essay Category, for an excerpt from AT THE END OF THE DAY, 1993 National Magazine Awards, Honourable Mention, for a poem published in Quarry, 1992
Publications—Books Authored CAREEN, Brick Books, London ON 2015, 2016 HOOKED - Seven Poems, Brick Books, London ON 2009, 2010, 2011 AT THE END OF THE DAY, A MEMOIR, Penumbra, Manotick ON 2001 THE WAY TO COME HOME, Brick Books, London ON 1992, 1995, 2003, 2006 STONING THE MOON, Oberon Press, Ottawa ON 1987 POWER SOURCES, Goose Lane Editions, Fredericton NB, 1982 SWIMMERS IN OBLIVION, York Publishing, Toronto ON, 1981 Work-in-Progress: Collection of narrative and didactic poetry
Performance of Creative Works HOOKED, performed by Nicky Guadagni, Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto, April-May, with three Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations, 2015 HOOKED, performed by Nicky Guadagni, Seattle Fringe Festival, September 2012 HOOKED, performed by Nicky Guadagni, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, July 2012 Various limited engagement performances of HOOKED in private homes, performed by Nicky Guadagni, in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia, 2010- to the present
Publications—Anthologies Edited LAKE EFFECT 8, ed. Carolyn Smart, Upstart Press, 2017 LAKE EFFECT 7, ed. Carolyn Smart, Upstart Press, 2015 LAKE EFFECT 6, ed. Carolyn Smart, Upstart Press, 2013 LAKE EFFECT 5, ed. Carolyn Smart, Artful Codger Press, 2011 LAKE EFFECT 4, ed. Carolyn Smart, Artful Codger Press, 2009 LAKE EFFECT 3, ed. Carolyn Smart. Artful Codger Press, 2007 LAKE EFFECT 2, ed. Carolyn Smart. Artful Codger Press, 2005 LAKE EFFECT, New Work by the Creative Writing Students at Queen's University, ed. Carolyn Smart. Artful Codger Press, 2003
Publications—Individual Works in Selected Anthologies “Crush” HEART, ed. Carol Lipszyc, Guernica Editions, 2017 “Golden” 50+ POEMS FOR GORDON LIGHTFOOT, ed. Fred Addis, Old Brewery Bay Press, Orillia, 2014 “The Day Fatty Arbuckle Died” I FOUND IT AT THE MOVIES, ed. Ruth Roach Pierson, Guernica, Toronto, 2014 “If Jesse James” POEMS FROM PLANET EARTH, ed. Yvonne Blomer, Leaf Press, Victoria, 2013 “The trials of Cumie Barrow”, “Pain”, “when we drive this way” PITH & WRY, ed. Susan McMaster, Your Scrivener Press, Ottawa, 2010 “Ardent” HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN - an anthology of poetry from Canada, ed. John Ennis, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland, 2009 “Walking to the Ocean, Dawn” DREAM CATCHER 23: Canadian Issue, ed. Paul Sutherland, Dream Catcher Books, Lincoln UK, 2009 “When I Was Young” TELLING STORIES SECRET LIVES, ed. Jan Allen, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, 2006 “October” NEW LIFE IN DARK SEAS, ed. Stan Dragland, Brick,London, 2000 “Home” BEST CANADIAN ESSAYS, ed. Douglas Fetherling, Fifth House, Toronto, 1989 Grants Awarded: Canada Council Grant for Professional Writers: 1994, 1995, 2007, 2008; 2013 & 2015 (Senior Artist grant) Ontario Arts Council Work-in-Progress Grant: 1995, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2010 Queen's University Fund for Scholarly Research & Creative Work: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Undergraduate Teaching and Course Development: CWRI 295F 1989 to the present, yearly; CWRI 295W 2003 to the present, yearly CWRI 296 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 CWRI 293 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 to the present, yearly CWRI 294 1999, 2002, 2004, 206, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 ENGL 386 2004, 20005, 2006, 2007, 2010
Service Dan School of Music and Drama Headship Search Committee, 2016-17 Dept. of English Appointments Committee member (2016-17)
Membership in Student Writing Group discussions (brainstorming possible models for teaching writing), Centre for Teaching and Learning, Sept. 2016 – the present. Committee member: Geraldine Grace and Maurice Alvin McWatters Visiting Fellowship, Queen’s University Archives, 2012-the present Major Admission Awards judge, Queen’s University, 2011-2016 English Headship Search Committee Membership, 2012-13 Host and interviewer, Queen’s Alumni Review Reading Series, 2011-2013
Professional Association Memberships: Canadian Women in the Literary Arts, 2014- Association of Writers and Writing Programs, 2007- The Writers’ Union of Canada, 1989-2018 PEN Canada, 1989-
Selected public readings and talks, 2007-2016: Atlanta, Georgia: reading for the Association of Writers and Writing Programs, April 25, 2007
Cape Town, South Africa: reading for the University of Cape Town, August, 2007
Kingston, Ontario: reading for “Exposure” Festival, Queen’s University, Feb. 8th, 2008
Chicago, Illinois: reading and talk for the Association of Writers and Writing Programs: “Canadian Contemporary Poetry”, February, 2009 Montreal, PQ: Atwater Library reading, April 16, 2009
Richmond Hill, ON: Richmond Hill Library reading, April 18, 2009
Toronto, ON: Toronto launch of Hooked – Seven Poems (Brick Books, London ON, 2009) at Type Books, Queen St. W., April 21, 2009
New York City, NY: reading at McNally Jackson books, April 30, 2009
Amherst, MA: reading at Amherst Books, May 3, 2009
Albany, NY: reading at Sorelle Gallery, May 4, 2009
Saskatoon, SASK: reading at Tonight It’s Poetry Series, Sept. 24, 2009
Muenster, SK : Reading at St. Peter’s Abbey: Sept. 25, 2009
Regina, SK: University of Regina, Sept. 26, 2009
Buffalo, NY: reading at SUNY Buffalo, Oct. 28, 2009
East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University, Residential College for the Arts & Humanities: three class presentations and a public reading: Nov. 5-6, 2009
Antigonish, NS: reading at St. Francis Xavier University, Nov. 18, 2009
Halifax, NS: public lecture, Canadian literature class; reading at Dalhousie University, Nov. 20, 2009
Toronto: reading for the Pivot series, Feb. 23, 2010
Denver, Colorado: public reading and talk: “The Dramatic Monologue in Canadian Poetry: at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs, April 9, 2010
Toronto, ON: “Influency 8”, University of Toronto Continuing Studies, public reading and discussion, May 19, 2010
Toronto, ON: OCAD University, reading: July 12, 2010
Victoria, PEI: two public readings, July 17 & 18, 2010
Orillia, ON: Leacock Festival, poetry reading: July 21, 2010
Winnipeg, MB: Rand-McNally Books, public interview, Sept. 19, 2010 Thin Air, Winnipeg International Writers’ Festival, a reading, Sept. 20 Kingston, ON: Kingston Writersfest, discussion alongside performance of “Hooked – Seven Poems” - Sept. 27, 2010
Vancouver, BC: Kwantlen University College: reading, Oct. 13, 2010 Cross-Borders Reading Series, Oct. 14
Victoria, BC: Planet Earth Poetry: a reading, Oct. 15, 2010
Kingston, ON: the Grad Club, Real Resident Reading Series, Nov. 8, 2010
Banff, Alberta: The Banff School, public reading: April 22, 2011
Toronto, ON: Rowers’ Pub reading series, May 2, 2011
Ottawa, ON: Tree Reading Series, June 28, 2011
Elora, ON: Elora Festival, a poetry reading, May 27, 2012
Toronto, ON: Plasticine Poetry Series, August 19, 2012
Ottawa, ON: AB Reading Series, January 10, 2013
Toronto, ON: Impossible Words reading series, May 13, 2013
Kingston, ON: Queen’s University, reading and panel discussion, Sept. 21, 2013
Toronto, ON: Black Swan Tavern, Art Bar series, poetry reading, Nov. 5, 2013; Victoria College, UofT, CWRI class visit and reading, Nov. 6, 2013
London, ON: Poetry London reading series, Feb. 22, 2014
Toronto, ON: a public talk: “the Legacy of Bronwen Wallace” May 26, 2014
Tamworth, ON: the Bookshop: a reading, July 2, 2014
Victoria, PEI: the Victoria Literary Festival, two readings, Aug. 14 & 15, 2014
Toronto, ON: a reading in honour of Gordon Lightfoot, Nov. 18, 2014
Ameliasburgh, ON: the Purdy Picnic, a reading: July 18, 2015
Kingston, ON: launch of “Careen” (Brick Books, London, 2015) Sept. 19, 2015
Tamworth, ON: The Bookshop, a reading, Oct. 4, 2015 Muenster, SK: St. Peter’s Abbey, USask., a reading, Nov. 2, 2015
Regina, SK: URegina, a reading, Nov. 3, 2015
Saskatoon, SK: USaskatchewan, a reading, Nov. 4, 2015
London, ON: Words Literary Festival, Nov. 6, 2015
Ottawa, ON: TREE Reading Series, Dec 8, 2015
Toronto, ON: OCAD, FOLAS reading series, Jan. 19, 2016
Toronto, ON: Pivot Reading Series, Jan. 20, 2016
Vancouver, BC: Twisted Poets Reading Series, Feb. 10, 2016
Victoria, BC: Planet Earth Reading Series, Feb. 12, 2016
Los Angeles, CA: paper presented on “Trauma in the Creative Writing Classroom”, AWP, April 1st, 2016
Toronto, ON: International Festival of Authors reading, May 25, 2016
HIJ Reading Series, May 29, 2016
Kingston, ON: Poets at Artsfest, reading: July 2, 2016
Toronto, ON: “A Life in Poetry” – a talk at Word on the Street, Sept. 25, 2016
Waterloo, ON: St. Jerome’s University, a reading: January 26, 2017
Montreal, QC: Resonance Reading Series, February 7th, 2017
Ottawa, ON: Wordfest, an international festival of poetry, a reading: March 21, 2017
Durham, ON: Wordsaloud Festival, a reading: Nov. 21, 2017