Carolyn Smart

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 .

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