EMILY M. GOLDSMITH (they/them) is a Louisiana Creole poet, interdisciplinary scholar, and English Instructor at Louisiana State University. Goldsmith received their Ph.D. from the University of Southern Mississippi and MFA from the University of Kentucky. They were appointed the 2023 Derven Scholar at the Historic New Orleans Collection where they conducted oral history interviews with Louisiana Creole speakers. Their research interests include Southern Gothic, Louisiana literature, Caribbean Studies, and Poetry, especially twentieth-century multi-ethnic poetry. Their digital exhibit, “Louisiana Creole and Cajun Memorialization,” will be published with The Gravestone Project in early 2026. A Pushcart-nominated poet, their poems and reviews can be found in The Penn Review, CALYX, Midway Journal, Pithead Chapel, Tinderbox Poetry, and elsewhere.
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