Aaron Smith

Aaron Smith is the author of five books of poetry published by the Pitt Poetry Series: Stop Lying (2023); Blue on Blue Ground (2005), winner of the Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize; Appetite (2012), an NPR Great Read and finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize; Primer (2016), a Poetry Must Read for the Massachusetts Center for the Book; and The Book of Daniel (2019). His chapbooks include Men in Groups and What’s Required, winner of the Frank O’Hara Award. His work has appeared in such publications as Court Green, Ploughshares, and Best American Poetry 2013.

A three-time finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, Smith is the recipient of fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Mass Cultural Council. He has taught at West Virginia Wesleyan and is currently associate professor in Creative Writing at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.