Booklist review by Mark Roelof EleveldPatricia SmithSeptember 20088.9 x 5.8 x 0.3 inches, 77 pagesISBN-13: 978-1-56689-218-6Paperback: 16.00Few have navigated the waters of the poetry landscape better than diva Patricia Smith. In her newest endeavor, one of the most powerful written testaments to...
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...
That's the problem with mistakes. You can't control them. You can't prevent them. They just happen. Like this one. You're at a bar over in SoHo. It's one of the nice ones. You know the type. Smoking isn't allowed but it's got...