Dorsía Smith Silva

Lead Poetry Editor

Dorsía Smith Silva is the author of In Inheritance of Drowning (CavanKerry, 2024), which was a category finalist for the National Indie Excellence Award, Eric Hoffer Award, Whirling Prize, and Da Vinci Eye Award, reviewed by Publishers Weekly, and recommended by Ms. Magazine. She is also a Full Professor of English at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. Literary Hub, Poets.org, Poetry Daily, The Beloit Poetry Journal, and The Los Angeles Review have published her work, and she has received fellowships and scholarships from Bread Loaf and the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing.