That’s How it Is

Jared Smith is the author of 14 books of poetry, 2 CDs,

and stage productions in New York and Chicago. He has
served on the Editorial Boards of Home Planet News, The
New York Quarterly, Turtle Island Quarterly, and The
Pedestal Magazine, as well as on the Board of Directors
of literary and arts non-profits in New York, Illinois, and
Colorado. Jared has taught at New York University, La
Guardia Community College, and Illinois Institute of
Technology. He has also worked as Vice President of a
consulting company, Associate Director of Education
and Applied Technology Research at Institute of Gas
Technology; Special Advisor to Argonne National
Laboratory; and as a technical advisor to The White House
under President Clinton. He lives in Colorado, where he
spends much of his time in a rustic log cabin in Roosevelt
National Forest.