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SUMMARY:An Evening of Poetry with Patricia Smith in Conversation with Chigo
 zie Obioma | Lanier Reading Series
LOCATION:University of Georgia\, University of Georgia Chapel\, Herty Dr\, 
 Athens\, GA 30602\, USA
DESCRIPTION:What happens when a poet enters into conversation with her own 
 earlier selves?\n\nPlease join the audience for this evening with acclaime
 d poet Patricia Smith\, the 2025 National Book Award winner for The Intent
 ions of Thunder\, a 2026 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry finalist\, and recipient
  of the 2026 NAACP Image Award for Poetry.\n\nIn The Intentions of Thunder
 \, Smith boldly reimagines the “new and selected” collection\, enterin
 g into dialogue with her earlier poems and transforming a career retrospec
 tive into an engagement with her earlier selves. The result is a deeply re
 flective and inventive look at a life in poetry—and the ways our past se
 lves continue to speak to who we are becoming.\n\nSmith will read from The
  Intentions of Thunder before joining Chigozie Obioma\, Helen S. Lanier Di
 stinguished Professor\, for a wide-ranging conversation about poetry\, lan
 guage\, creativity\, and the evolution of a poet's voice. A Q&A with the a
 udience will follow the reading and conversation. The event is made possib
 le with support from the Athens-Clarke County Library and the Willson Cent
 er.\n\nCopies of The Intentions of Thunder will be available for purchase 
 from GHOST before the reading. A first-come\, first-served queue for book 
 signing will be available before the program begins. If you'd like to have
  a book signed\, we encourage you to arrive early.\n\nAs the Helen S. Lani
 er Distinguished Professor of English\, Professor Chigozie Obioma brings w
 riters of various genres to campus to speak and share their work with the 
 university and the greater Athens community. The series is aimed to showca
 se writers with international reach and recognition who can inspire conver
 sations around topics pertinent to their work. Learn more about the Lanier
  Reading Series here.\n\nPatricia Smith is the author of ten books of poet
 ry\, including The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems (Scribner
  2025)\, winner of the 2025 National Book Award for Poetry\, finalist for 
 the 2026 Pulitzer Prize\, and winner of the 20
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