Carol Smallwood
Carol Smallwood (born May 3, 1939) is an American poet and writer. Early life and education. Carol Smallwood was born May 3, 1939, in Cheboygan, Michigan to teachers Lloyd and Lucy Gouine. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Eastern Michigan University in 1961 followed by a master's degree in Art in 1963, and MLA Library Science degree from Western Michigan University in 1976. Married in 1963 and divorced in 1976, Smallwood has two children. Career. Smallwood began working in the education and library administration fields in 1961. She has written non-fiction books for libraries  with the intention of providing public and higher-education libraries with strategies and tested programs to encourage patron interaction. She stated in an interview that her first book "came from teachers asking where to get materials", and that she started writing poetry after being told her "chan[c]es were slim of surviving cancer".