{"product_id":"the-intentions-of-thunder-new-and-selected-poems-patricia-smith","title":"The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems | Patricia Smith (Author)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2025 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Patricia Smith is the greatest living poet. Every book is better than the last.” —Danez Smith,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of the finest new and selected poems from one of the most groundbreaking voices in contemporary poetry, a “masterful performer and poet of voices too little heard” (Poetry Foundation).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Intentions of Thunder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e gathers, for the first time, the essential work from across Patricia Smith’s decorated career. Here, Smith’s poems, affixed with her remarkable gift of insight, present a rapturous ode to life. With careful yet vaulting movement, these poems traverse the redeeming landscape of pain, confront the frightening revelations of history, and disclose the joyous possibilities of the future. The result is a profound testament to the necessity of poetry—all the careful witness, embodied experience, and bristling pleasure that it bestows—and of Smith’s necessary voice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLyrical and sly, meditative and volcanic, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Intentions of Thunder\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003estunningly explores the fullness of living. The inimitable poetry of Patricia Smith radiates in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Intentions of Thunder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—reaffirming Smith’s place as one of the indispensable poets of our time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44424858239046,"sku":"1668055724","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0126\/8596\/7418\/files\/9781668055724.jpg?v=1767826385","url":"https:\/\/www.braveandkindbooks.com\/products\/the-intentions-of-thunder-new-and-selected-poems-patricia-smith","provider":"Brave + Kind Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}