SpokenHeard with Patricia Smith and Susan Dobbe Chase

Widely acknowledged and world-known as as a writer and performer, Patricia Smith is also well-known as Queen of Slam Poetry, being the most successful competitor in Slam History. She is poet, prose-writer, playwright, journalist and advocate. She has performed almost everywhere you can think of- probably twice- and is invited to perform almost everywhere else. Widely published, and adored, she is, in all the right ways, The First Woman of Performance Poetry.