Author: Patricia Smith
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Poetry, Award winners
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"Patricia Smith is writing some of the best poetry in America today. Ms Smith's new book,
, is just beautiful - and like the America she embodies and represents - dangerously beautiful.
is a stunning and transcendent work of art, despite, and perhaps because of, its pain. This book shines."
"One of the best poets around and has been for a long time."
"Smith's work is direct, colloquial, inclusive, adventuresome."
In her newest collection, Patricia Smith explores the second wave of the Great Migration. Shifting from spoken word to free verse to traditional forms, she reveals "that soul beneath the vinyl."
is the author of five volumes of poetry, including
, a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award, and
, a National Poetry Series selection. She lives in New Jersey.
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