Laura Smyth ’89 Publishes Poetry Collection, ‘Fox Dreams’

By
Ellice Lueders
January 13, 2025

Writing alum Laura Smyth ’89 has published a poetry collection, Fox Dreams. The book was released in November by Saint Julian Press, an interfaith imprint run out of the historic Trinity Episcopal Church in Houston, Texas.

Smyth is a poet living and working on the Keweenaw Peninsula of Upper Michigan. Her proximity to nature is essential to the collection, which captures the ephemera of daily life. 

According to her publisher, Smyth’s book “confronts deeply human themes of loss, grief, aging, and the complexities of parenthood against the untamed backdrop of nature.”

In Fox Dreams, poet Lynn McGee said, “epiphanies rise like stones in a fast creek.” A selection of poems from the collection is available on the publisher’s website.

Laura Smyth is a writer, teacher and book designer. Her writing is inspired most by the intersection of human nature and the natural world. Her previous poetry book, Wandering In My Mind, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2014.