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Best Books for Adults 2023

Above Ground joins the list of books that come highly recommended for adults.


New York Public Library

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ArticleClinton SmithNovember 27, 2023Above Ground, Poetry
Books We Love

NPR selects Above Ground as a top beloved book of 2023.


NPR

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Book ReviewClinton SmithNovember 20, 2023Above Ground, Poetry
Time's 100 Must-Read Books of 2023

Above Ground charts as a must-read for 2023.


Time Magazine

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Book ReviewClinton SmithNovember 15, 2023Above Ground, Poetry
Announcing the 2024 Southern Book Prize Finalists

Above Ground is nominated as a finalist for the 2024 Southern Book Prize.


The Southern Bookseller Review

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AwardClinton SmithNovember 3, 2023Above Ground, Poetry
What We Know in the “Marrow of Our Bones”

Clint and Krista discuss how words hold wisdom and the connection between reality and memory.

Hosted By: Krista Tippett
On Being Podcast

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InterviewClinton SmithNovember 2, 2023How the Word Is Passed, Above Ground, Politics, Poetry
The 2023 Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize

Above Ground is selected as a nonfiction longlist winner for the 2023 Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize.

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AwardClinton SmithSeptember 7, 2023Above Ground, Poetry
The Last Negroes at Harvard Podcast

Clint speaks with Black members of Harvard’s 1963 graduating class about their experience at the institution and How the Word Is Passed.

Hosted By: Kent Garrett
The Last Negroes at Harvard Podcast

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InterviewClinton SmithJuly 13, 2023How the Word Is Passed, Politics
Clint Smith: Spoken Words

Clint shares his story and his inspirations with the world in Episode 8 of Press Pause. His journey might even impress his 7-year-old self.

Hosted By: Mark Wright
Press Pause Podcast

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InterviewClinton SmithJuly 13, 2023How the Word Is Passed, Politics, Sports
How America can tell the truth about the history of slavery

Clint and Dwayne discuss places across the U.S. that successfully—and not-so-successfully—confront the history of slavery; what Clint learned visiting Holocaust memorials in Germany for his Atlantic cover story; and Clint’s formative experience as a high school English teacher.

Hosted By: Dwayne Betts
Almost There Podcast

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InterviewClinton SmithJune 30, 2023How the Word Is Passed, Above Ground
20 Best Books to Give Dad on Father's Day

Above Ground is recommended as a perfect gift for Father’s Day.

By: Lizz Schumer
Good Housekeeping

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ArticleClinton SmithJune 14, 2023Above Ground, Poetry
'Poetry offers us a powerful space': Janel Pinda, Clint Smith, more poets on magic of poetry

Clint and poet Janel Pinda talk about how poetry can be utilized as a tool for a variety of life experiences.

By: Pamela Avila
USA Today

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ArticleClinton SmithJune 5, 2023Above Ground, Poetry
The Poem as an Archive of Your Life and the World Around You: The Rumpus Interview with Clint Smith

Regie chats Above Ground , poetry structures, and parenthood with Clint.

By: Regie Gibson
The Rumpus

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InterviewClinton SmithJune 2, 2023Above Ground, Poetry
Clint Smith To Publish New Book on WWII Sites

Clint announces his next book, Beneath the Soil, to be published by Random House.

By: Michael Schaub
Kirkus

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ArticleClinton SmithMay 24, 2023Just Beneath the Soil
"Ode to the Only Black Kid in the Class"

“Ode to the Only Black Kid in the Class” from Above Ground is featured in Watershed Review’s 10th anniversary issue.

Watershed Review

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ArticleClinton SmithMay 24, 2023Poetry, Above Ground
3 authors picked How the Word Is Passed as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

How the Word Is Passed is selected as a favorite of 3 Shepherd writers.

By: Melinda Lewis, Seth Mallios, & Nina Silber
Shepherd

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Book ReviewClinton SmithMay 15, 2023How the Word Is Passed, Politics
The Indie Poetry Bestseller List

Above Ground charts nationwide as the #2 indie poetry bestseller for the eight-week period ending April 30, 2023.


American Booksellers Association

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ArticleClinton SmithMay 5, 2023Above Ground, Poetry
Clint Smith on His New Poetry Collection “Above Ground”

Clint expresses the overflowing feelings of parenthood and how he channeled them into poetry.

By: Michel Martin
PBS - Amanpour & Co.

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InterviewClinton SmithApril 20, 2023Above Ground, Poetry
Clint Smith's 'Above Ground' explores both the joys and tribulations of parenthood through poetry

Scott and Clint chat everyday joy, anxiety and exhaustion of parenthood with young children.

By: Scott Tong
WUBR - Here & Now

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InterviewClinton SmithApril 20, 2023Above Ground, Poetry
Clint Smith Celebrates Complexities of Parenthood in ‘Above Ground’

Clint talks poetry and what he calls the “simultaneity of the human experience:” our capacity to hold fear and anxiety alongside joy and awe.

By: Mina Kim
KQED

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InterviewClinton SmithApril 20, 2023Above Ground, Poetry
Clint Smith’s Back-to-Back, Genre-Spanning Best Sellers

The creative processes of writing How the Word Is Passed and Above Ground are explored.

By: Elisabeth Egan
The New York Times

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Book ReviewClinton SmithApril 20, 2023Above Ground, Poetry, How the Word Is Passed
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