Smith, Patricia - The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems

America's Patricia Smith is one of the most indispensable, 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 her career. Patricia Smith is both a brilliant innovator in poetry as well as an electric performer, a four-time individual champion of America's National Poetry Slam, the most successful poet in the competition’s history. Patricia Smith was the subject of the BBC Radio 4 feature Patricia Smith: Gwendolyn's Heir broadcast in 2020. With impassioned eloquence and a sharpened focus on incidents of national mayhem and mourning, these poems traverse the redeeming landscape of pain, confront the frightening revelations of history, and disclose the joyous possibilities of the future. The Intentions of Thunderstunningly explores the fullness of living, presenting a rapturous ode to life. includes her Pulitzer finalistIncendiary Art– published by Bloodaxe in the UK – featuring her compelling chronicle of the devastating murder of Emmett Till, a backdrop for present-day racial calamities and calls for resistance.