Kelly Fig Smith

Assistant Professor of English

Division

Arts, Humanities, and Communication

Adjunct Faculty, English Department, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, January 2020-May 2025
Instructor: Master’s Seminar: “The Hermit Crab Essay”, Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2018

Books
- Three Minus One: Parents’ Stories of Love and Loss, Berkeley, CA: She Writes Press, 2014. Contributor
Journal Publications
- “Morning Rituals in Wise County.” Lily Poetry Review, no. 7, 2022, p. 55.
- “Origins.” Cincinnati Review, 28 Apr. 2021, www.cincinnatireview.com/micro/micro-origins-by-kelly-fig-smith/.
- “Winter Soliloquy.” Hippocampus Magazine, 8 July 2019, hippocampusmagazine.com/2019/07/winter-soliloquy-by-kelly-fig-smith/.
- “Paper Moon.” Under the Gum Tree, Oct. 2018, p. 40.
- “Off to War.” The Rumpus, 26 July 2018, therumpus.net/2018/07/26/songs-of-our-lives-off-to-war/.
- “Do No Harm.” Creative Nonfiction, no. 55, May 2015, pp. 21–28.
- “How to Teach Your Kids to Love Poetry.” The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Apr. 2015, www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/Modern-Parenthood/2015/0416/How-to-teach-your-kids-to-love-poetry-Hint-fall-in-love-with-it-yourself
- “American Ninja Warrior: Mom Edition.” The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Oct. 2014, www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/Modern-Parenthood/2014/1014/American-Ninja-Warrior-Mom-edition
- “Finding Flaws: A Craft Essay.” Literary Mama, 29 Sept. 2014, literarymama.com/blog/archives/2014/09/after-page-one-finding-flaws.html.
- “If We Get Out of This Rite Aid Alive.” Literary Mama, Aug. 2014, literarymama.com/articles/departments/2014/08/if-we-get-out-of-this-rite-aid-alive.