How Can Brown People Write About Birds At a Time Like This
“this / world cuts away my patience at knife point for one / reason—to resurrect my hurricane.”
Dorsía Smith Silva
Dorsía Smith Silva is the author of In Inheritance of Drowning (CavanKerry, 2024), which was a category finalist for the National Indie Excellence Award, Eric Hoffer Award, Whirling Prize, and Da Vinci Eye Award, reviewed by Publishers Weekly, and recommended by Ms. Magazine. She is a poetry editor at The Hopper and full professor of English at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. Literary Hub, Poets.org, Poetry Daily, The Beloit Poetry Journal, and The Los Angeles Review have published her work, and she has received fellowships and scholarships from Bread Loaf and the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing and a residency from SWWIM. Moreover, she is the editor of Latina/Chicana Mothering and the co-editor of seven books. She is the creator of the Smith Silva Challenge, which highlights BIPOC poets.