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Barbara Smith
AuthorBooks · Second handSince 1946
Barbara Smith is an American lesbian feminist and socialist who has played a significant role in Black feminism in the United States. Since the early 1970s, she has been active as a scholar, activist, critic, lecturer, author, and publisher of Black feminist thought. She has also taught at numerous colleges and universities for 25 years. Smith's essays, reviews, articles, short stories and literary criticism have appeared in a range of publications, including The New York Times Book Review, The Black Scholar, Ms., Gay Community News, The Guardian, The Village Voice, Conditions and The Nation. She has a twin sister, Beverly Smith, who is also a lesbian feminist activist and writer.
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About Barbara Smith
Birth
1946
First book
1970
Years writing
56
Barbara Smith is an American lesbian feminist and socialist who has played a significant role in Black feminism in the United States. Since the early 1970s, she has been active as a scholar, activist, critic, lecturer, author, and publisher of Black feminist thought. She has also taught at numerous colleges and universities for 25 years. Smith's essays, reviews, articles, short stories and literary criticism have appeared in a range of publications, including The New York Times Book Review, The Black Scholar, Ms., Gay Community News, The Guardian, The Village Voice, Conditions and The Nation. She has a twin sister, Beverly Smith, who is also a lesbian feminist activist and writer.
Barbara Smith was born in Cleveland in 1946 and has built a prolific career as a writer, politician, and feminist activist.
Her bibliography is impressive, encompassing a total of 189 works published throughout her career.
While known for her political work, her most prominent academic title is Mathematics: Applications and Connections.
Her writing explores a fascinating diversity of themes, ranging from juvenile literature to genealogy and biography.
Mystery and the supernatural hold a special place in her work, with ghost stories being a recurring theme in her books.
