R. T. Smith is the author of several collections of poetry, including most recently, Messenger and Brightwood, both from LSU Press. His work has appeared in numerous magazines and journals, most recently in The Oxford American, The Atlantic Monthly, Poetry, Virginia Quarterly Review, Southern Review, Kenyon Review and TriQuarterly. Smith lives in Rockbridge County, Virginia, where he edits Shenandoah for Washington and Lee University.