EPISODE · Dec 15, 2025 · 23 MIN
Poet Patricia Smith Wins the National Book Award
from All Of It with Alison Stewart · host WNYC
Local New Jersey poet and Princeton professor Patricia Smith has won the National Book Award for her poetry collection, The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems. The collection covers her poetry from 1991 to 2024, and includes poems about jazz, family, Black identity, Hurricane Katrina, and more. Smith discusses the collection, and read some poetry. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Poet Patricia Smith Wins the National Book Award
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