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Clint Smith @ClintSmithIII
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SOME NEWS, FRIENDS.

I’m writing my debut nonfiction book with @littlebrown. This is a dream come true & I’m very hype. Shout out to my parents for showing me the magic of the library. Shout out to the library for the books. Shout out to all the books that made this one possible.
This book has been brewing in me for a while. I think often about the places that are supposed to tell us about the history of this country & how they think about that work.

It’s been such a joy digging into that history & learning from the people tasked with telling it.
Shout out to the brilliant & tireless @AliaHanna for helping me shape the idea of this book into what it’s come to be. And I’m very excited to be working on this alongside such a talented editor in @vanessamobley.
Now for a short FAQ:

Q: Clint is this your dissertation?

A: Nope, that’s something different!

Q: So you’re writing these at the same time?

A: Me
In all seriousness, I’m really grateful to all of the writers & editors & students & teachers & friends who have made something like this even possible for me. There will never be enough ways to say thank you.
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True story, the summer of 2008 a friend brought me to the Nuyorican for the Friday night poetry slam & it blew me away. I had never experienced literature the way I did that night. After we left I turned to my friend & said “That was unbelievable. I think I want to be a writer.”
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It didn’t have to be like Keats or Frost (shout out to Frost though that’s my dude). It could be about your people, your language, your life, your neighborhood.
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