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Jasmine Elizabeth Smith (she/her) is a Black poet from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Cave Canem Fellow. She received an MFA in poetry from the University of California, Riverside. Her poetic work, invested in the diaspora of Black Americans in various historical contexts, has been featured in Black Renaissance Noir and Poetry, among others. She is the winner of the Georgia Poetry Prize, and her collection South Flight is forthcoming with the University of Georgia Press.