Author of the article

Jackson Mills Smith is a second-year MFA Poetry candidate at the University of Montana. Born in Louisiana and raised in the bottoms of the White River in Southwestern Indiana, Smith is an author interested in the living histories and cultural folkways embedded in the landscapes that surround us. Now living in big-sky country, he maintains the same strong passion for hunting and angling instilled in him by his father and Cajun family friends. Recipient of the Greta Wrolstad Travel Award, and second runner-up of Midway Journal's -1000 Below Contest, Smith's work is featured in publications including Sunspot Literary Journal, Making Waves: A West Michigan Review, The Quarter(ly), Wild Roof Journal, Write Place, Another Earth’s What Makes a Lake?, and Third Room’s You are Here, Vol. 1: Labor. Find more of Jackson Mills Smith's publications here: www.jacksonmsmith.com/publications