Tarrytown poet on short list for National Book Award
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- October
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Just got word that poet Patricia Smith of Tarrytown is a finalist for the National Book Award. The list of finalists in all categories was announced today and my previous post mentioned the fiction and non-fiction finalists.
Smith is featured in the Poetry category — and thanks to Jerri Lynn Fields, executive director of Hudson Valley Writers’ Center in Sleepy Hollow, I can spread the news. Winners are announced Nov. 18, but to be in this company is a distinction in and of itself.
“Patricia is a long-time member of the Writers’ Center, has taught writing workshops and classes, has read here often and serves on our 20th Anniversary Committee!,” notes Fields with excitement. 
Here is the list of poetry finalists:
Frank Bidart, “Watching the Spring Festival” (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Mark Doty, “Fire to Fire: New and Collected Poems” (HarperCollins)
Reginald Gibbons, “Creatures of a Day” (Louisiana State University Press)
Richard Howard, “Without Saying” (Turtle Point Press)
Patricia Smith, “Blood Dazzler” (Coffee House Press)
Smith’s collection (shown to the right) speaks to the Hurricane Katrina disaster. You can find out more about this book at Coffee House Press
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