Smith has created a work of literary art that brilliantly captures a unique time and place as well as deeply resonant moments of universal experience

who are waiting for the end of the story

In the Midst of Thee is a collection of stories from the lives of real people and real events

and his reputation as an honest dealer in a universe of rogues

the god of the Old Testament

Governed Through Choice: Autonomy, Technology, and the Politics of Reproduction Health and Wellbeing Smith has created a workAt the center of the war on women lies the fact that women in the contemporary United States are facing more widespread and increased surveillance of their reproductive health and decisions. In recent years states have passed a record number of laws restricting abortion. Physicians continue to sterilize some women against their will, especially those in prison, while other women who choose to forego reproduction cannot find physicians to sterilize