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Teahouse of the Almighty
Patricia Smith
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Description for Teahouse of the Almighty
Paperback. "Smith writes the way Tina Turner sings."--E. Ethelbert Miller Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DCF; DSB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 185.
A National Poetry Series winner, chosen by Edward Sanders. "What power. Smith's poetry is all poetry. And visceral. Her poems get under the skin of their subjects. Their passion and empathy, their real worldliness, are blockbuster."-Marvin Bell "I was weeping for the beauty of poetry when I reached the end of the final poem."-Edward Sanders, National Poetry Series judge From Lollapalooza to Carnegie Hall, Patricia Smith has taken the stage as this nation's premier performance poet. Featured in the film Slamnation and on the HBO series Def Poetry Jam, Smith is back with her first book in over a decade-a ... Read more
A National Poetry Series winner, chosen by Edward Sanders. "What power. Smith's poetry is all poetry. And visceral. Her poems get under the skin of their subjects. Their passion and empathy, their real worldliness, are blockbuster."-Marvin Bell "I was weeping for the beauty of poetry when I reached the end of the final poem."-Edward Sanders, National Poetry Series judge From Lollapalooza to Carnegie Hall, Patricia Smith has taken the stage as this nation's premier performance poet. Featured in the film Slamnation and on the HBO series Def Poetry Jam, Smith is back with her first book in over a decade-a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Coffee House Press United States
Number of pages
114
Condition
New
Number of Pages
114
Place of Publication
MN, United States
ISBN
9781566891936
SKU
V9781566891936
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About Patricia Smith
Patricia Smith is the author of four previous collections of poetry, including Teahouse of the Almighty, winner of the 2007 Hurston / Wright Legacy Award. A record-setting, four-time national poetry slam champion, she was featured in the film Slamnation, on the HBO series Def Poetry Jam, and is a frequent contributor to Harriet, the Poetry Foundation's web log.
Reviews for Teahouse of the Almighty
"[A] rich, dense feast of poetry."
Hazel and Wren "Smith appears to be that rarest of creatures, a charismatic slam and performance poet whose artistry truly survives on the printed page. Present at the creation of the slam in early-'80s Chicago and included in seminal films and anthologies, Smith (Big Towns, Big Talk, 1992) receded from the scene in recent years ... Read more
Hazel and Wren "Smith appears to be that rarest of creatures, a charismatic slam and performance poet whose artistry truly survives on the printed page. Present at the creation of the slam in early-'80s Chicago and included in seminal films and anthologies, Smith (Big Towns, Big Talk, 1992) receded from the scene in recent years ... Read more