Heather S. Derr-Smith's Books
Dec.09.2008
"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...
Sep.01.2008
"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...
Although Heather Smith's astonishing first book is located, mostly, in the conflagration of human meaning that was Bosnia in the 1990's, it's a collection that, in an unforgettable way, examines the terrifying bitterness and danger of contemporary life...Each End of the World is a devastating performance”
—Mark Doty
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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