Patricia Smith
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Patricia Smith is the author of four books of poetry, including Teahouse of the Almighty, a 2005 National Poetry Series selection, winner of the 2007 Paterson Poetry Prize and finalist for the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award in Poetry. Blood Dazzler, a book of poems chronicling the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina, will be published by Coffee House Press in 2008. Her work has appeared in Poetry, The Paris Review, TriQuarterly and many other journals. She is a Pushcart Prize winner, a Cave Canem faculty member and a four-time individual champion of the National Poetry Slam. Visit her website at http://www.wordwoman.ws/
Winning Entry: Eyewitness News, Resolutely Toward the End, Almost
Contest Won: War Poetry Contest 2007, Honorable Mention
