Clint Smith's new poems in Above Ground wash over like waves asking us to discern all the times we've trusted the world, even when it has not offered us a steady current. Even though this ...

Click here for that audio. In "Above Ground," Clint Smith writes about the everyday joy, anxiety and exhaustion of parenthood with young children. He also writes about the legacy of slavery and ...

Author Clint Smith talks with host Scott Tong about his latest book, "Above Ground," poems about fatherhood, history, and how the legacy of slavery and racism shaped his ancestors' lives and ...

Can we watch ‘Peppa Pig’?” Now, Smith said, “their eyes widen with recognition” when he reads the lighter poems in “Above Ground.” (It’s not all dance parties and Cheerios ...

This is just one of the many family scenes painted in Smith’s newest book, “Above Ground,” a collection of poetry meditating on fatherhood and documenting all the moments of joy and grief ...

This week: In 'Above Ground,' Clint Smith uses poetry to confront the legacy of slavery: Smith's poems, which are addressed to his young children, describe what their ancestors endured and escaped.

Clint Smith writes about the everyday joy, anxiety and exhaustion of parenthood with young children. He also writes about the legacy of slavery... In “Above Ground,” Clint Smith writes about ...

Clint Smith writes about the legacy of slavery and racism and how that history shaped the lives of his ancestors and continues into the lives of... 'Above Ground' comprises poems about fatherhood ...