Patricia Smith
Patricia Smith
Reading Date: Thursday, September 26, 2019
- Welcome
- BIPOC United Tucson
- Introduction
- "But the Phone Rings Sometimes"
- "Free to Go"
- "In the Middle of the Night Lonesome Willie Opens His Mouth to Sing One Long, Keyless, Perfectly Ugly Note"
- "The World Won't Wait"
- "Scribe"
- "I'm sure I know the very moment..."
- "Prayers toward home..."
- "Sitting in my dimly lit cell..."
- "Attempt of the Arms Around"
Welcome-28246
by Diana Delgado
BIPOC United Tucson-28248
by Leilani Clark
Introduction-28250
by Logan Phillips
"But the Phone Rings Sometimes"-28252
Uncollected.
"Free to Go"-28254
Uncollected.
"In the Middle of the Night Lonesome Willie Opens His Mouth to Sing One Long, Keyless, Perfectly Ugly Note"-28256
Uncollected.
"The World Won't Wait"-28258
Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Smith, Patricia. Teahouse of the Almighty. Coffee House Press, 2006.
"Scribe"-28260
Differs from published version.
Annotation:
Smith, Patricia. Teahouse of the Almighty. Coffee House Press, 2006.
"I'm sure I know the very moment..."-28262
Uncollected.
"Prayers toward home..."-28264
Uncollected.
"Sitting in my dimly lit cell..."-28266
Uncollected.
"Attempt of the Arms Around"-28268
Uncollected.
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Series: Art for Justice, Fall Reading Series
Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
Location(s): UA Poetry Center
Patricia Smith reads new work commissioned as part of the Art for Justice Series as well as poems from her collection Teahouse of the Almighty (2006). This reading was originally given alongside Angel Nafis. Leilani Clark represents BIPOC United Tucson in an opening presentation.
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