<p>Teenage cliche you always seem to drink from the half-empty side of the glass…oh well.</p>
<p>Over the past several years Smith has had a large number of visiting writers teaching both fiction and non-fiction classes, as well as poetry, at levels from beginner to advanced. Among them:</p>
<p>Stephen Amidon, fiction. He is a highly-acclaimed author and literary critic.</p>
<p>Russ Rymer, non-fiction. Noted author and photographer.</p>
<p>Ellen Dore Watson, poetry. Widely-published and award-winning poet</p>
<p>Elinor Lipman, fiction. Award-winning novelist, short-story writer and poet.</p>
<p>Anthony Giardina, fiction. Novelist, playwright, short-story writer.</p>
<p>Hilton Als, non-fiction. Frequent contributor to the New Yorker and other magazines.</p>
<p>David Maine, fiction. Writer of fantasy novels who will be teaching in the fall.</p>
<p>In the past such writers as Kurt Vonnegut have taught at Smith.</p>
<p>Additionally, the English Department’s own professors teach classes in writing and poetry.</p>
<p>Smith has produced numerous writers of both fiction and non-fiction, from Margaret Mitchell to Gloria Steinem to Madeline L’Engle to Courtney Sullivan and others too numerous to mention.</p>