Scrimgeour, J.D.Wright, Heather2023-06-082023-06-082023-05-01http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13013/2934“Smoke Follows Beauty” is a poetry collection reflecting childhood experiences in the US South with a positionality concretely in the present. With a concise style, the collection considers racial and class divisions by engaging with family conflict and personal memory.Thesis