Clint Smith
Clinton Smith III (born August 25, 1988) is an American writer, poet and scholar. He is the author of Counting Descent, a 2017 poetry collection that was a finalist for the NAACP Image Awards and won Best Poetry Book from the Black Caucus of the Amer
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Clinton Smith III (born August 25, 1988) is an American writer, poet and scholar. He is the author of Counting Descent, a 2017 poetry collection that was a finalist for the NAACP Image Awards and won Best Poetry Book from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association.
Smith received a doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He was a regular contributor to the Pod Save the People podcast, where he discussed the week's news with a panel of other activists.
His latest book, How the Word Is Passed, topped The New York Times Best Seller list in June 2021.
Smith resides in Maryland with his wife and two children.
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