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The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems

The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems

Smith, Patricia

Paperback

General Poetry

Publisher Price: $20.00

PREORDER - Expected ship date September 15, 2026

ISBN10: 1668055732
ISBN13: 9781668055731
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: Sep 15 2026
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.64 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
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.

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