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Patricia Smith (born 1955 in Chicago, Illinois) 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.''〔(Library of Congress Online Catalog > Table of Contents for ''The Oxford anthology of African-American Poetry'' )〕〔(Sierra Nevada College > MFA Faculty )〕 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.〔(Sierra Nevada College > MFA Faculty )〕〔(University of Southern Maine > Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing > Stonecoast Faculty. )〕 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. She is married to Bruce DeSilva, journalist and Edgar Award-winning author. She currently lives in Howell, New Jersey. ==Work== Her poetry has appeared in major literary journals including ''The Paris Review'' and ''TriQuarterly'', and dozens of anthologies, including ''The Oxford Anthology of African-American Poetry'', ''The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry'' and ''Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem's First Decade''. She has read her poetry at prestigious venues all over the world, including the Poets Stage in Stockholm, Urban Voices in South Africa, Rotterdam’s Poetry International Festival, the Aran Islands International Poetry and Prose Festival and on tour in Germany, Austria and Holland. In the U.S., she’s performed at the National Book Festival, Carnegie Hall, and the Dodge Poetry Festival. The book ''Blood Dazzler'' was the basis for a dance/theater production which sold out a week-long series of performances at New York’s Harlem Stage. A selection of her poetry was produced as a one-woman play by Nobel Prize winner Derek Walcott and performed at both Boston University Playwrights Theater and the historic Trinidad Theater Workshop. Another play, based on ''Life According to Motown'', was staged by Company One Theater in Hartford, Ct., and reviewed favorably in ''The New York Times''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Patricia Smith (poet)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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