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SUMMARY:Reading for Change
DESCRIPTION:A virtual reading group curated around our Stowe Prize for Literary Activism winners\, shortlist\, and mission-aligned books. \n\n  \n\nFREE\nVirtual – invite friends across the country!\n6:00 – 7:00 PM EST\nNo requirement to read the book beforehand!\nRiverbend Bookshop: Get a 10% discount our Stowe Prize books! Mention us at check-out or use STOWEFORCHANGE for online purchases.\n\n\nThe Intentions of Thunder 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. \nLyrical and sly\, meditative and volcanic\, The Intentions of Thunder stunningly explores the fullness of living. The inimitable poetry of Patricia Smith radiates in The Intentions of Thunder—reaffirming Smith’s place as one of the indispensable poets of our time. \n\nAntoinette Brim-Bell\, Connecticut’s 8th State Poet Laureate\, is the author of three full-length poetry collections:  These Women You Gave Me\, Icarus in Love\, and Psalm of the Sunflower.  A sought-after speaker\, editor\, educator\, and consultant\, Brim-Bell is a Professor of English at Connecticut State Community College\, Capital.
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