Gordon Mitchell Smith Member Member since 2017 Jump To: Publication History | Interview Area PoetFiction Poetry Nonfiction Gordon Mitchell Smith is a poet, fictioneer, and NYU MFA student whose writing appears in Ploughshares, The American Poetry Review, The Kenyon Review, Palette Poetry, and elsewhere. An excerpt of his unpublished debut novel has been praised by The New England Review and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Paul Harding at Ploughshares. His depression occasionally shuts down his brain and leaves him catatonic for months on end, which sucks, so go easy on him. But he lives in Queens with his cat Joni Mitchell Smith, which is great. Send High Five Location: Queens, NYBirthdate: 16 AprilSocial:Blog/web Gordon Mitchell Smith's Publication History May 2026 The American Poetry Review published off dating Poem Jan 2024 The American Poetry Review published on dating Poem Dec 2023 Ploughshares published It Poem Jul 2017 Kenyon Review published Amends Poem Jun 2023 Spilled Ink published Aubade [Lazing naked] Poem May 2022 MumberMag published The Apocalypse Survivor's Aubade Poem Sep 2021 The Lickety~Split published Introvert Weather Poem Aug 2021 GateCrashers published On Returning to Final Fantasy VI Poem Jul 2021 The American Journal of Poetry published Cereology Poem Feb 2021 Palette Poetry published You, an Apocalypse Survivor, Lie in the Grass ... Poem 12Next Interview with Gordon Mitchell Smith How do you celebrate your successes, such as acceptances? How do you handle rejections and other setbacks?I don't celebrate anything. (Don't do this.) I dispassionately log rejections and get back to shit that actually matters. (Do this.)Where do you find inspiration?If you're not finding inspiration in every single sensory experience, then your inspiration detector needs adjusting.What advice would you give to a young, budding writer (or artist) with less experience than yourself?Set and stick to a writing schedule, even if it's brief, but the longer the better. Work only improves with practice.For your first draft (or sketch), do you prefer analog or digital tools, or a mix?Whatever tool is most accessible in the moment: Moleskine, Microsoft Word laptop app, or Evernote mobile app. Medium often has a significant influence on poems, such as use of much longer lines in Word, whereas handwriting or UI constraints force line breaks sooner.Do you incorporate generative AI/LLMs into your creative process? If so, how?Absofuckinglutely never."One of the most dehumanizing effects of AI is the short cuts it offers through the gaps and impasses intrinsic to the act of writing." — Dan Chiassion, here: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2026/06/25/think-for-yourself-ai-dan-chiasson/Are you an unreliable narrator?Koan: There's no "you" to begin with, so what do "you" think about the "narrator's" reliability? Last Updated: 15 Sep 2026 Back to Top Report this Profile Why are you reporting this profile? Please explain why you are reporting this person' profile. Cookie Consent: This site uses secure first-party cookies for essential, preference-setting, and statistical purposes. We do not use any marketing, advertising, or third-party cookies. Read our full cookie policy. Accept All Cookies Allow Essential Cookies Only