Dorsía Smith Silva
Dorsía Smith Silva is a poetry editor of is the author of In Inheritance of Drowning (CavanKerry, 2024), poetry editor of The Hopper, and Professor of English at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. She is also the editor of Latina/Chicana Mothering, and the coeditor of seven books. She has received support from Bread Loaf and the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing, and she has a Ph.D. in Caribbean Literature and Language. She is a member of the Get the Word Out Poetry Cohort of Poets & Writers in 2024, and she is thrilled that In Inheritance of Drowning is on the booklist of poetry books to read for fall 2024 by Publishers Weekly. Contact her @DSmithSilva.
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I asked about desire
I asked about desire In this version of my dream, my father quizzes me with flashcards: What is cytokinesis? What are the stages of mitosis? I know all the answers, until his animals sprint from the medicine cabinet: hallux tearing my temples, vibrissa smashing my neck. My mother doesn’t know what […]
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How Can we Heal?: Katz Interviews Dorsía Smith Silva
Associate editor Moriah Katz and author Dorsía Smith Silva discuss motherhood, healing within the family unit, and the creative process behind the author’s debut poetry collection, In Inheritance of Drowning. Smith Silva’s poem, “I Asked About Desire” is featured in volume 73.1