John Warner Smith’s poems have appeared in Ploughshares, Callaloo, Antioch Review, Transition, The Worcester Review, and other literary journals. His debut poetry collection, A Mandala of Hands, was published by Aldrich Press / Kelsay Books in 2015. Smith’s poems have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and the Best of the Net Anthology. A Cave Canem Fellow, Smith earned his MFA in Creative Writing at the University of New Orleans. His poetry can be found at www.johnwarnersmith.com.

Soul Be A Witness, a poetry collection by John Warner Smith, is now available from MadHat Press.