Dorsía Smith Silva

Dorsía Smith Silva is the author of In Inheritance of Drowning (CavanKerry, 2024), poetry editor of The Hopper, and Professor of English at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. Her poetry is forthcoming in the Beloit Poetry Journal, Cimarron Review, Los Angeles Review, and elsewhere. She is also the editor of Latina/Chicana Mothering, and the coeditor of seven books. She has received support from Bread Loaf and the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing. She is a member of the Get the Word Out Poetry Cohort of Poets & Writers in 2024 and has a Ph.D. in Caribbean Literature and Language. She posts on social media @DSmithSilva, and she is thrilled that In Inheritance of Drowning is on the booklist of poetry books to read for fall 2024 by Publishers Weekly.