Thirty years after the genocide in Rwanda, survivors and perpetrators live side by side.
By: Clint Smith
The Atlantic
How the Word Is Passed is named one of the 50 best nonfiction books of all time.
By: Jennifer Kushnier
Reader’s Digest
A memorial tainted with Lost Cause mythology has at last been purged from the national cemetery. If only national memory were so easily resolved.
By: Clint Smith
The Atlantic
The list of the most memorable books this year includes Above Ground.
By: Lupita Aquino and Elena Nicolaou
NBC Today
The Mother Jones staff includes Above Ground as one of the poetry collections that keep them up all night reading this year.
Mother Jones
Above Ground tops The Root’s list of favorite books by Black authors this year.
By: Angela Johnson
The Root Magazine
2023 wraps up as Above Ground is named a top poetry collection for the year.
Electric Literature
Above Ground joins the list of books that come highly recommended for adults.
New York Public Library
Above Ground is recommended as a perfect gift for Father’s Day.
By: Lizz Schumer
Good Housekeeping
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
Clint announces his next book, Beneath the Soil, to be published by Random House.
By: Michael Schaub
Kirkus
“Ode to the Only Black Kid in the Class” from Above Ground is featured in Watershed Review’s 10th anniversary issue.
Watershed Review
Read MoreAbove Ground charts nationwide as the #2 indie poetry bestseller for the eight-week period ending April 30, 2023.
American Booksellers Association
Clint’s poem “Above Ground” is featured in Sierra Magazine, online and in print.
Sierra Magazine, December 25, 2022
For many of us, when we see the Floyds, we see our family.
By Clint Smith
The Atlantic, April 21, 2021
Classes inside prison give people a sense of community, a sense of purpose, a sense of identity, and a sense of hope.
By Clint Smith
The Atlantic, March 11, 2021
The Federal Writers’ Project narratives provide an all-too-rare link to our past.
By Clint Smith
The Atlantic, February 9, 2021
Smith’s reporting at The Atlantic and his poetry have already distinguished him as a writer to watch, and his debut nonfiction book will surely attract even more eyes.
By Christy Lynch
Bookpage, January 22, 2021