Media

KSU Meet the Author Series. Interviewing Will Carter, Author of Getting Better

The Notebooks Collective:

In Conversation with Valerie A. Smith and Monica Lee Weatherly

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Woman on Fire – Testimonies of Triumphs

  1. 0:00 – 6:30 How I got started writing poetry
  2. 6:30 – 13:45 Early trials and tribulations as a writer
  3. 13:45 – 20:20 Graduate School: Dr. Valerie A. Smith
  4. 20:20 – 28:45 Imposter syndrome and support systems
  5. 25:50 – 31:30 About the book, Back to Alabama
  6. 31:30 – 36:10 Poem, “The Sugar Shack, Ernie Barnes, 1971”
  7. 36:10 – 39:10 Poem, “Holy City: Charleston, SC”
Premiered Apr 27, 2023 Woman on Fire – Testimonies of Triumphs Podcast – Trinette L. Collier

Poem Recordings

Curlie Blue. Audio by Valerie A. Smith

Return. Audio by Valerie A. Smith

Black Don’t Crack. Audio by Valerie A. Smith

Legion: For We Are Many

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Back to Alabama

2020 Interview with Valerie A. Smith

Poet and creative writer, Valerie A. Smith, discusses the Kennesaw State University Master of Arts program, Internships, Networking, Prompts, Publishing, Rejections, and Residencies. Video edited by CJ Byrd @byrdman411.

Valerie A. Smith Reads Classic Poetry on Spotify

Valerie A. Smith Announces the 2021 Georgia Author of the Year Awards

Burn the Whole Thing

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Alice Walker’s 75th Birthday Celebration

Valerie A. Smith Announces the Winners of the 2020 Georgia Author of the Year Awards

Winter in Georgia