Tag Archives: Patricia Smith

A Tribute to the Great James Lee Burke

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Bruce DeSilva

Fellow writers, including me and my wife, the poet Patricia Smith, congratulate the great James Lee Burke on the publication of his 40th book, A Private Cathedral. Patricia and I appear about 6:43 into the short video that kicks off … Continue reading →

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“The Architect” — Patricia Smith’s Stunning Tribute to Little Richard

Posted on May 9, 2020 by Bruce DeSilva

Little Richard, who died yesterday at age 87, was approaching 60 when my wife Patricia Smith, one of our greatest living poets, wrote this tribute to him. Please give the stunning audio file a listen: https://soundcloud.com/user-975826890/recording48

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Patricia Smith Performs: Prepare to Be Astounded

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Bruce DeSilva

Just released recording of my brilliant wife Patricia Smith performing some of her poetry. If you haven’t heard her before, prepare to be astounded. To hear it, click here.  

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Audio of a Poem By, and an Interview With, Award-Winning Poet Patricia Smith

Posted on February 19, 2020 by Bruce DeSilva

The Brooklyn Poets website features a poem by–AND a great interview with– Patricia Smith, one of the world’s most honored poets. She is the author of eight books of poetry, including Incendiary Art, winner of the 2018 Kingsley Tufts Award, … Continue reading →

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A Brilliant Talk About the Writing Craft by the Great Patricia Smith

Posted on November 12, 2019 by Bruce DeSilva

Please check out this video about the craft of writing by Patricia Smith. (I’d think it was brilliant even if I wasn’t married to her.)

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Launch Party for “Down To the River,” New Crime Fiction Anthology

Posted on May 8, 2019 by Bruce DeSilva

That’s crime novelist Tim O’Mara with my amazing wife Patricia Smith at New York City’s Mysterious Bookshop last night. We were there to help launch the publication of Down to the River, a great short story anthology of crime fiction … Continue reading →

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High Praise for “Down to the River” Crime Fiction Anthology

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Bruce DeSilva

Thriller writer Jon Land praised Down to the River — a new anthology that includes a short story by Patricia and me — in his book review column for The Providence Journal: “The splendid anthology “Down to the River” (Down & … Continue reading →

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A New British Edition of “Incendiary Art”

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Bruce DeSilva

My wife Patricia Smith’s latest book of poetry, “Incendiary Art” — the one that won the LA Times Book Prize and the Kingsley Tufts Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize –has just come out in a new … Continue reading →

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Proof That I’m a Born Romantic

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Bruce DeSilva

I’m a born romantic. Take tonight when I asked my wife, the poet Patricia Smith, to join me in watching a scene from The Hitman’s Bodyguard. In it, the hitman (Samuel Jackson) is telling his body guard (Ryan Reynolds) how … Continue reading →

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Patricia, See What You’ve Done?

Posted on December 9, 2017 by Bruce DeSilva

Over the last decade, as the literary awards and the critical acclaim have continued to swell, I’ve repeatedly told my wife Patricia Smith: “This is who you are now.” But she could never bring herself to believe it. Somehow, she … Continue reading →

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