John Warner Smith is current Poet Laureate of Louisiana. He has published four collections of poetry: Muhammad’s Mountain, published by Lavender Ink in 2018; Spirits of the Gods, published by UL Press in 2017; Soul Be A Witness, published by MadHat Press in 2016; and A Mandala of Hands, published by Kelsay Books-Aldrich Press in 2015. Smith’s fifth collection, Our Shut Eyes: New & Selected Poems on Race in America, is forthcoming. He is the winner of the 2019 Linda Hodge Bromberg Poetry Award and lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Additional biographical information: http://johnwarnersmith.com/theother.html
Muhammad's Mountain, Homage to the Greatest by 
Soul Be a Witness: Songs to Boys of Color by Our Shut Eyes by John Warner Smith [https://madhat-press.com/products/our-shut-eyes-by-john-warner-smith]
A Mandala of Hands, John Warner Smith [http://www.johnwarnersmith.com/a_mandala_of_hands.html]
Poetry in a Pandemic Conversation with Louisiana Poet Laureate John Warner Smith and Chancelier "xero" Skidmore:
https://fb.watch/57Q_-pTImd/
Laureates Online with Louisiana Poet Laureate, John Warner Smith from 64 Parishes [2020]
He reads his poem “Faith of Children, for Louisiana”: https://fb.watch/57R9vPzd0u/
Official web site: http://johnwarnersmith.com/
Wikipedia biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Warner_Smith
