{"id":729,"date":"2026-01-13T19:21:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/generales.uprrp.edu\/ingles\/?page_id=729"},"modified":"2026-01-13T19:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:23:11","slug":"dorsia-smith","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/generales.uprrp.edu\/ingles\/dorsia-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Dorsia Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"729\" class=\"elementor elementor-729\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b819045 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b819045\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bdd59b3\" data-id=\"bdd59b3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d12decf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d12decf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB2aWV3Qm94PScwIDAgMTAyNCAxMDI0JyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-577 lazyload\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/generales.uprrp.edu\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Smith-150x150@2x.png 300w, https:\/\/generales.uprrp.edu\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Smith-150x150.png 150w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/generales.uprrp.edu\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Smith.png\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\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<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e5133e\" data-id=\"5e5133e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7db6128 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7db6128\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p aria-level=\"3\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Dors\u00eda\u00a0J. Smith Artis<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<br \/><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mailto:dorsia.smith2@upr.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">dorsia.smith2@upr.edu<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<br \/><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Office #226<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<br \/><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Extension #88863<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">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><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ms. Magazine<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Literary Hub<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Poets.org, Poetry Daily,<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0The Los Angeles Review<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, and the\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Journal of Caribbean Literature<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\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><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\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":"<p>Dors\u00eda\u00a0J. Smith Artis\u00a0dorsia.smith2@upr.edu\u00a0Office #226\u00a0Extension #88863\u00a0 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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-729","page","type-page","status-publish"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/generales.uprrp.edu\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/generales.uprrp.edu\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/generales.uprrp.edu\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generales.uprrp.edu\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generales.uprrp.edu\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=729"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/generales.uprrp.edu\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":733,"href":"https:\/\/generales.uprrp.edu\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/729\/revisions\/733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/generales.uprrp.edu\/ingles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}