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— Harriet Monroe"The people must grant a hearing to the best poets they have else they will never have better."
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The best poets, after all, exhibit only a tame and civil side of nature. They have not seen the west side of any mountain.
— Henry David Thoreau
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Patricia Smith is one of the best poets around and has been for a long time. Her Blood Dazzler is full of capacious soul and formal inventiveness: the compassion and artfulness necessary to capture the tragedies and Tragedy of Katrina. Smith is herself a storm of beautiful, frightening talent. Her words will wash you or wash you away. I consider this new book a major literary event.
— Terrance Hayes
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