Patricia Smith
Patricia Smith
Reading Date: Wednesday, November 10, 2004
- Introduction
- "Building Nicole's Mama"
- "Doin' the Louvre"
- "When Dexter King Met James Earl Ray"
- "Balance"
- "Eyewitness News"
- "Inauguration Sneaky"
- "Terrell's Take on Things"
- "Map Rappin'"
- "Oil of Olay: Take 1" and "Oil of Olay: Take 2"
- "Olive Oyl Talks to People Magazine"
- "To the Woman, Not Trying to Fly, Who Fell with Her Legs Closed..."
- "The Way Pilots Walk"
- "When the Burning Begins"
- Full Reading
Introduction-5675
by Frances Sjoberg
"Building Nicole's Mama"-5676
Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Smith, Patricia. Teahouse of the Almighty. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2006.
"Doin' the Louvre"-5677
Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Smith, Patricia. Big Towns, Big Talk. Cambridge, MA: Zoland Books, 1992.
"When Dexter King Met James Earl Ray"-5678
Differs from published version.
Annotation:
Smith, Patricia. Teahouse of the Almighty. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2006.
"Balance"-5679
Smith, Patricia. Life According to Motown. Chicago: Tia Chucha Press, 1991.
"Eyewitness News"-5681
Uncollected.
"Inauguration Sneaky"-5682
Uncollected.
"Terrell's Take on Things"-5683
Differs from published version.
Annotation:
Smith, Patricia. Close to Death. Cambridge, MA: Zoland Books, 1993.
"Map Rappin'"-5684
Differs from published version.
Annotation:
Smith, Patricia. Teahouse of the Almighty. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2006.
"Oil of Olay: Take 1" and "Oil of Olay: Take 2"-5685
Uncollected.
"Olive Oyl Talks to People Magazine"-5686
Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Smith, Patricia. Big Towns, Big Talk. Cambridge, MA: Zoland Books, 1992.
"To the Woman, Not Trying to Fly, Who Fell with Her Legs Closed..."-5687
Full title is "To the Woman, Not Trying to Fly, Who Fell with Her Legs Closed, Arms Pressed Against the Front of Her Body, While Primly Clutching Her Purse." Uncollected.
"The Way Pilots Walk"-5688
Smith, Patricia. "The Way Pilots Walk." [i]Pushcart Prize XXXII: Best of the Small Presses, 2008 Edition[/i]. Wainscott, NY: Pushcart Press, 2008.
"When the Burning Begins"-13029
Differs from published version.
Annotation:
Smith, Patricia. Teahouse of the Almighty. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2006.
Full Reading-2113
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Series: Fall Reading Series
Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
Location(s): Modern Languages Auditorium
Patricia Smith reads widely from her work, including several uncollected poems.

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