Patricia Smith, an acclaimed poet and professor of creative writing at Princeton, received the National Book Award for Poetry on Friday for her new poetry collection, “The Intentions of Thunder: New ...

NEW YORK (AP) — National Book Awards judges honored authors worldwide on Wednesday night, from Lebanese novelist Rabih Alameddine’s “The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)” to ...

Patricia Anne Smith, born September 23, 1935, in Lorain, Ohio, passed from this life to a better one with the Lord on the evening of December 17th 2024.”Ms. Pat” retired from Federal Service at Scott ...

National Book Award in Fiction winning author Rabih Alameddine attends the 76th National Book Awards ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Andy ...

Patricia Smith, longtime Cairo legal secretary and devoted St. Patrick Catholic Church member, died Oct. 11 at age 73. Services will be held Oct. 15 and 16 in Cairo. CAIRO, Ill. — Patricia Thompson ...