About: Biographical Data

It's fairly certain that I'm nowhere near important enough to warrant a bio page, but when you write things, submit said things and someone is kind enough to actually publish those things, well, they usually ask for a writer's bio of some sort. So with that in mind...

The Version You're Most Likely To See In A Journal:
Erik Smetana's father was reared near an Arkansas watermelon patch, his mother on the outskirts of Motown. His writing can (or soon will) be found at places like: The Missouri Review, Hobart, Moon Milk Review, BLIP, Monkeybicycle, Annalemma, and PANK among others. Erik resides just outside St. Louis with his wife and a dog named Sam.

The Parsimonious Version:
Erik Smetana likes words, both reading and writing them.

The Overwrought Version:
I won't bore you with that.


Interviews and Things of that Ilk:
PANK (March '10), ESPN The Magazine (May '10), Shome Dasgupta's On Reading (May '10),  
Type AJ Negative (August '10), The Writer Magazine (November '11)

I Edit:
Stymie Magazine (Journal), Founding Editor, 2008 to Present
Cutting Block Press (Independent Publisher), Reader & Technical Editor, 2008 to 2010

I Teach:
Lindenwood University, Instructor in English & Humanities, 2011 to Present
Central Methodist University, Instructor in Humanities & Business, 2010 to Present
East Central College, Instructor in English & Humanities, 2009 to 2010
Various Organizations (StudioSTL, Dzanc, SLPS, etc.), Workshop Facilitator, 2005 to Present