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Heather S. Derr-Smith
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Poetry Reading at Zanzibar's in Des Moines, Iowa

Sep.10.2010

Poetry Reading at Zanzibar's in Des Moines, Iowa

Poetry Reading Tonight, September 10, Zanzibar's 7pm

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PUBLISHED: Dec.09.2008

Each End of the World

"Although Heather Smith's astonishing first book is located, mostly, in the conflagration of human meaning that was Bonia in the 1990's, it's a collection that, in an unforgettable way, examines the terrifying bitterness and danger of contemporary life, when There are flashes of light strobing from the windows/ of the Holiday In.../ They are shooting at us from the Holiday Inn...

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PUBLISHED: Sep.01.2008

The Bride Minaret

"In The Bride Minaret Heather Derr-Smith explores the complex and difficult realities of our global world more comprehensively and comprehendingly than most American poets consider even attempting. Often paying close attention to those displaced and/or disconnected from the society around them-- Arabs in Europe, Americans in the Middle East, Mennonites in Iowa, Balkan refugees...

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PUBLISHED: Sep.01.2009

Interrogation V, Interrogation IV, Interrogation X

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PUBLISHED: Aug.01.2009

The Birds

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Interrogation IX

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Poem: Energumen

Poem: Backfire 2

Poem: "Tornado Warning", "Bloom", "Song of Palaces", "Ash-Sham", "Near Miss"

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Jun.01.2009

The Bride Minaret

Published by Public Republic

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Video: Interrogation I

Video: Trans/Substance

About Heather

Heather Derr-Smith was born in Dallas, Texas in 1971. She spent most of her childhood in Fredericksburg, Virginia. She earned her BA in Art History at the University of Virginia where she took poetry workshops with Charles Wright, Rita Dove, and Greg Orr. She...

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