{"id":1674,"date":"2026-09-16T19:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T19:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/generales.uprrp.edu\/english\/?page_id=1674"},"modified":"2026-09-16T20:01:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T20:01:21","slug":"dorsia-smith","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/generales.uprrp.edu\/english\/dorsia-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Dors\u00eda Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Dors\u00eda\u00a0J. Smith Artis<\/span><\/b>\u00a0
<\/span>dorsia.smith2@upr.edu<\/span><\/a>\u00a0
<\/span>Office #226<\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>Extension #88863<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Dors\u00eda\u00a0Smith is Professor in the Department of English, College of General Studies, UPR-RP. She is also a Poetry Editor at The Hopper and the author of In Inheritance of Drowning (CavanKerry, 2024), which was a category finalist for the National Indie Excellence Award, Eric\u00a0Hoffer\u00a0Award, Whirling Prize, and Da Vinci Eye Award, reviewed by Publishers Weekly, and recommended by\u00a0<\/span>Ms. Magazine<\/span><\/i>.\u00a0<\/span>Literary Hub<\/span><\/i>, Poets.org, Poetry Daily,<\/span>\u00a0The Los Angeles Review<\/span><\/i>, and the\u00a0<\/span>Journal of Caribbean Literature<\/span><\/i>\u00a0have published her work, and she has received fellowships and scholarships from Bread Loaf and the Martha\u2019s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing. Moreover, she is editor of Latina\/Chicana\u00a0Mothering, and the co-editor of seven books. Looking to increase the visibility of poetry by BIPOC authors, she is the creator of the Smith Silva\u00a0Challenge\u00a0which is a reading challenge that highlights poetry books by BIPOC authors.\u00a0Dors\u00eda\u00a0Smith Silva has a Ph.D. in Caribbean Literature and Language, and her areas of interest include creative writing, mothering\/motherhood, environmentalism, and migration.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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