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Jasmine Elizabeth Smith’s debut collection South Flight was named a finalist for the 2020 National Poetry Series and the winner of the Georgia Poetry Prize. South Flight is forthcoming from the University of Georgia Press.

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[Antedesolate: On the Western Set of Pioneer Town, California: How to Be a Black Cowboy]

by Jasmine Elizabeth Smith, High Country News
December 1, 2023

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<p class="byline">by Jasmine Elizabeth Smith, High Country News <br />December 1, 2023</p>
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<p><em>Jasmine Elizabeth Smith’s debut collection </em>South Flight<em> was named a finalist for the 2020 National Poetry Series and the winner of the Georgia Poetry Prize. </em>South Fligh<em>t is forthcoming from the University of Georgia Press.</em></p>
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Know the West.