Patricia Smith

Poet, Spoken-Word Performer, Playwright, Author

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Howell, NJ, USA
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Patricia Smith Biography

Patricia Smith is an American poet, spoken-word performer, playwright, author, writing teacher, and former journalist. She has published poems in literary magazines and journals including TriQuarterly, Poetry, The Paris Review, Tin House, and in anthologies including American Voices and The Oxford Anthology of African-American Poetry. She is on the faculties of the Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing and the Low-Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing at Sierra Nevada College.

She is a four-time individual National Poetry Slam champion and appeared in the 1996 documentary SlamNation, which followed various poetry slam teams as they competed at the 1996 National Poetry Slam in Portland, Oregon.

Smith is hailed as the first African-American woman to publish a weekly metro column for the Boston Globe. Her many accomplishments include a Guggenheim fellowship, acceptance as a Civitellian, a National Endowment for the Arts grant recipient, and two-time winner of the Pushcart Prize. She is a former fellow of Yaddo and the MacDowell Colony, and she is the most successful poet of the National Poetry Slam competition. Currently, Smith is a professor at the College of Staten Island, a core faculty member in the MFA program at Sierra Nevada College, and a resident in VONA and in the Vermont College of Fine Arts Post-Graduate Residency Program.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 06/08/2024.

Patricia Smith Speaking Topics

  • An Evening with Patricia Smith

  • Introducing Poetry to Underserved Communities

  • Utilizing Poetry in the Classroom

  • Writing on the Other Side of the Wall — Confronting What Frightens You

  • Prosody vs. Performance — Spanning the Chasm

Patricia Smith Videos

  • Patricia Smith: Incendiary Art - YouTube
    Patricia Smith is one of the most powerful voices in American poetry, the author of eight books of poetry, most recently INCENDIARY ART ...
  • Patricia Smith - "All Purpose Product"
  • Patricia Smith - Blood Dazzler

Patricia Smith Books

  • Incendiary Art: Poems (Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award)
    Incendiary Art: Poems (Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award)
  • Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah
    Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah
  • Blood Dazzler
    Blood Dazzler
  • Teahouse of the Almighty (National Poetry)
    Teahouse of the Almighty (National Poetry)

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Patricia Smith is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as An Evening with Patricia Smith, Introducing Poetry to Underserved Communities, Utilizing Poetry in the Classroom, Writing on the Other Side of the Wall — Confronting What Frightens You and Prosody vs. Performance — Spanning the Chasm. The estimated speaking fee range to book Patricia Smith for your event is $20,000 - $30,000. Patricia Smith generally travels from Howell, NJ, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Pearl Cleage, Morgan Jerkins​, Kate White, Ursula Rucker and Nikki Giovanni. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Patricia Smith for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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