with Patricia Smith and Matthew Hittinger This Wednesday June 3, 6:30pm Join us for this dynamic pairing of two poets and take home a unique letterpress broadside of the poets' work. A reception accompanies the reading, and a limited-edition broadsideprint of work by each poet is produced by an artist at the Center anddistributed at the reading Patricia Smith is a poet, spoken word performer, playwright, author, and writing teacher.  Her most recent book of poetry, Blood Dazzler, was selected as a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award. She is the author of Teahouse of the Almighty, a 2005 National Poetry Series selection; Close to Death; Big Towns, Big Talk, which won the Carl Sandburg Literary Award; and Life According to Motown. A four-time individual champion on the National Poetry Slam, Smith hasalso been a featured poet on HBO's Def Poetry Jam and has performed herwork around the world. She has written and performed two one-womanplays, one of which was produced by Derek Walcott's Trinidad TheaterWorkshop. She is a Cave Canem faculty member and has served as theBruce McEver Chair in Writing at Georgia Tech University. Matthew Hittinger is the author of Pear Slip, winner of the Spire Press2006 Spring Chapbook Award. Shortlisted for the National Poetry Series,the New Issues Poetry Prize, and twice for the Walt Whitman Award,Matthew's honors include a Hopwood Award and The Helen S. and JohnWagner Prize from the University of Michigan, the Kay Deeter Award fromthe journal Fine Madness, and three Pushcart nominations. His work has appeared in many journals including American Letters & Commentary, Center: A Journal of the Literary Arts, DIAGRAM, Mantis, Memorious, Meridian, Michigan Quarterly Review, Oranges & Sardines and elsewhere, including the anthology Best New Poets 2005. Matthew lives and works in New York City. This reading is organized and will be introduced by Sharon Dolin. Click here to see recent poetry broadsides from the series, and you can also take a look at photos from  previous Broadsides readings. WHEN: Wednesday, June 3, 6:30 pm WHERE: The Center for Book Arts 28 West 27th Street, ThirdFloor Between Broadway and SixthAvenue Subway: N, R, W to 28thStreet; F, V to 23rd Street; 1 to 28th Street www.centerforbookarts.org   HOW MUCH: Suggested Admission: $10/$5 members