Jared Smith (Jared R.W. Smith) is a widely published contemporary American poet, as well as a former businessman, technology researcher, Special Adviser to Argonne National Laboratory, and adviser to several White House Commissions under the Clinton Administration.In addition to his twelve volumes of poetry, his work has appeared in hundreds of literary journals in the U.S., Canada, France,the U.K., and in translation in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. His work has also been adapted to stage at New York's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and in the suburbs of Chicago, as well as being broadcast on NPR and Pacifica networks. His official website is www.jaredsmith.infoJared received his B.A. cum laude and M.A. from New York University, where he studied under such masters as M.L Rosenthal, Robert Hazel, and William Packard. He has served on the Editorial Board as well as the Board of Directors of The New York Quarterly; Poetry Editor of Turtle Island Quarterly and of Trail & Timberline Magazine; Guest Editor of The Pedestal Magazine; and as Contributing Editor to Home Planet News. He is a member of Colorado Poets Center and Poets & Writer's Directory, and former president of Poets & Patrons in Chicago. His biography is listed in Marquis' Who's Who In America among other reference sources.