Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems by Patricia Smith

Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems

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Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems by Patricia Smith

Scribner Book Company

Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems

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FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR POETRY

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

WINNER OF THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING POETRY

"Patricia Smith is the greatest living poet. Every book is better than the last." --The Guardian

"In The Intentions of Thunder, language itself becomes weather--charged, clarifying, and resounding, a form of resurrection and survival." --National Book Award Judges' Citation

A collection of the finest new and selected poems from one of the most groundbreaking voices in contemporary poetry, a "masterful performer and poet of voices too little heard" (Poetry Foundation).

The Intentions of Thunder gathers, for the first time, the essential work from across Patricia Smith's decorated career. Here, Smith's poems, affixed with her remarkable gift of insight, present a rapturous ode to life. With careful yet vaulting movement, these poems traverse the redeeming landscape of pain, confront the frightening revelations of history, and disclose the joyous possibilities of the future. The result is a profound testament to the necessity of poetry--all the careful witness, embodied experience, and bristling pleasure that it bestows.

Lyrical and sly, meditative and volcanic, The Intentions of Thunder is "an unforgettable offering from one of the most important voices in poetry" (Publishers Weekly) and a stunning exploration of the fullness of living. The inimitable poetry of Patricia Smith radiates in The Intentions of Thunder--reaffirming Smith's place as one of the indispensable poets of our time.
Book Details
Publisher:
Scribner Book Company
ISBN:
9781668055724
Binding:
Hardcover
Pages:
352
Authors:
Patricia Smith
Published Date:
2025-09-30
Language:
English
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About Patricia Smith

A four-time individual champion of the National Poetry Slam, Patricia Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois, and received her BA from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her collection Blood Dazzler (Coffee House Press, 2008) was a finalist for the National Book Award. Incendiary Art (TriQuarterly, 2017) won the 2018 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, and The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems (Scribner, 2025) won the 2025 National Book Award for Poetry. She received the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize in 2021. She is a professor of creative writing at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York, and at Princeton University.

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