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Oct 24, 2023 · Patricia Smith is the author of eight books of poetry, including Incendiary Art, winner of the 2018 Kingsley Tufts Award and finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize; Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah, winner of the Lenore Marshall Prize from the Academy of American Poets; and Blood Dazzler, a National Book Award finalist. She is a Guggenheim fellow; an NEA grant recipient; a former fellow at Civitella Ranieri, Yaddo, and MacDowell; a professor in the MFA program at Sierra Nevada College; and a ...
Nov 20, 2017 · NYU Florence - La Pietra DialoguesPatricia Smith: A Poetry ReadingIn Dialogue with WritersPatricia Smith is a masterful poet, performer, andpundit. And while...
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Patricia Smith is an award winning poet, essayist, and spoken-word performer. She has published seven poetry collections. Her debut book, Life According to Motown won the 2014 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt Award.
Patricia Smith is a nationally acclaimed poet and performer, and is the author of numerous books, including Incendiary Art, her most recent.
Patricia is a four-time national individual champion of the notorious and wildly popular Poetry Slam, the most successful competitor in slam history. She was featured in the nationally-released film “Slamnation,” and appeared on the award-winning HBO series “Def Poetry Jam.”. R ecordings of Patricia’s work can be found on the CD ...
Summary: Renowned poet and poetry slam performer Patricia Smith explores urban life and history by getting into people’s skins and speaking their words. In this powerful and inspiring keynote for NWP’s 2010 Urban Sites Network Conference, she reflects on her teaching experience and the incredible power of language to unlock an interior life.
