
Sara Jeanine Smith was born in central Florida and grew up in the Florida panhandle. She is an associate professor of English at Pensacola State College and the mother of two daughters. Her poems have appeared in South Florida Poetry Journal, Gyroscope Review, Barely South Review, Pigeonholes, Roanoke Review, The Stirling Spoon, Psaltery & Lyre, and Hurricane Review. Her chapbook entitled Queen and Stranger was published by USPOCO Books in 2019.