Born and raised on Chicago's West side, Patricia Smith came to poetry late but is the true heir to the great Gwendolyn Brooks with her powerful and exact chronicles of black lives. Show more
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Born and raised on Chicago's West side, Patricia Smith came to poetry late but is the true heir to the great Gwendolyn Brooks with her powerful and exact chronicles of black lives. Show more
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