Robert McClure Smith

Professor of English

Contact 309-341-7428 rsmith@knox.edu

General Interests
"I have most recently co-edited a collection of essays on the 19th-Century American Writer Elizabeth Stoddard. I am currently writing a series of non-fiction essays."

Years at Knox: 1996 to present

Education
Ph.D., English and American Literature, 1992, University of Massachusetts.
M.A., English and American Literature, 1989, University of Massachusetts.
B.A., English Studies, with honors, 1984, University of Strathclyde, U.K.

Teaching Interests
American literature, literary theory, the American Renaissance, film.

Honors/Grants
Elizabeth Agee Prize, Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award, Scotsman and Orange Short Story Award.

Publications
"Every Pitcher Tells a Story." Litro Magazine (July, 2011.)

"Slash." Manchester Review (March, 2011.)

"Jungle Jim and the Nozzleheads." The Quotable 1 (Spring 2011): 30-9.

"Fuchspreullen," New Ohio Review (Summer 2011): 116-9.

"Antonescu's Hat." Consequence (Spring 2011): 91-2.

"Paradiso," Good Ear Review (March 2011).

"Naenda Wapi," StoryQuarterly (March 2011).

"Girl, Iowa," Exposure (Cinnamon Press, 2010): 112-3.

"Turkey." Chicago Quaterly Review 13 (2010): 186-198.

"Easter Parade." Alt Hist (2010.)

"More Newes From Scotland." Gutter 2 (2010): 185-192.

"Glasgow Rose." Gettsburg Review (2010.)

"Tenement Clype." Confrontation (2010.)

"On The Happiness of Fish." Spine (2010.)

"Collision Set Morphology." Crash (2010.)

"Suicide Dogs of Ecclefechan." Chapman 110 (2010): 6-11.

"The Idolator." Big Stupid Review (2010.)

"Tod, 1932." J Journal: New Writing on Justice 2.1 (Spring 2009): 44-55.

"The Burn." You Must Be This Tall To Ride (August 2009).

"Inferno." Versal 7 (2009): 53-5.

"Flannelfeet and the Burning Beauty." Warwick Review 2.4 (2009): 7-21.

"Idolator." Big Stupid Review (December 2009).

"The Spit: A Memoir of '77." South Loop Review 11 (2009): 13-20.

"Fungo." Aethlon 26 (2008): 161-168.

"Undertaking 1930." Night Train 7.2 (2008).

What Students Say
"Rob Smith is an insightful and challenging professor who succeeds in making every class interesting through his fantastic sense of humor, creativity, and ability to make challenging theoretical concepts
accessible to his students. He is certainly someone who can help you grow as a thinker and writer through his direct, astute and honest feedback."
-Elizabeth Barrios, English Literature and Spanish Major