- Publisher
- Scribner
- Length
- ≈ 256 pages
- Reading time
- 7–9 hours
- ISBN
- 9781668055724
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What is this book about?
The Intentions of Thunder brings together new and selected poems by Patricia Smith. The National Book Award judges described it as a chronicle of America’s traditions, tragedies and triumphs, in poems that are personal and communal, immediate and historical. They also noted the way her work redefines the relationship between spoken and written poetry.
Source: National Book Foundation: The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems
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