# Event Details - **Event Name**: Diamond Forde presents The Book of Alice, with Patricia Smith - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 04 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Wed, 04 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm - **Event Description**: "Dazzling... This life-affirming book celebrates resilient women and their legacies." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)About this EventP&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome Diamond Forde to celebrate and discuss her new book, ; a stunning new collection exploring lineage and the legacy of survival as seen through the life of the poet’s grandmother Alice—a Black woman born in the Jim Crow South—using the King James Bible as a narrative framework.Diamond will be joined in conversation by Patricia Smith, author of . Along with a discussion and audience Q&A, Diamond will also sign copies of her book.ABOUT THE AUTHORDiamond Forde’s debut collection, Mother Body, was chosen by Patricia Smith as the winner of the 2019 Saturnalia Poetry Prize. She has been the recipient of the Pink Poetry Prize, the Furious Flower Poetry Prize, and CLA’s Margaret Walker Memorial Prize, and other honors. She is a Callaloo, Tin House, and Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg fellow whose work has appeared in Boston Review, Massachusetts Review, Ninth Letter, and elsewhere, and she serves as the interviews editor for Honey Literary. Diamond holds an MFA from The University of Alabama and a PhD in creative writing with concentrations in African American poetics and fat studies from Florida State University. She is an assistant professor at North Carolina State University.ABOUT THE MODERATORPatricia Smith is an inductee of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the recipient of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for Lifetime Achievement. She is the author of nine acclaimed books of poetry, including Unshuttered;Incendiary Art, finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize and winner of the 2018 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, the 2017 Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the 2018 NAACP Image Award; Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah, winner of the Lenore Marshall Prize from the Academy of American Poets; and Blood Dazzler, a National Book Award finalist. A Guggenheim Fellow, a National Endowment for the Arts grant recipient, a finalist for the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and a four-time individual champion of the National Poetry Slam, Smith is a creative writing professor in the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University and a former distinguished professor at the City University of New York. She lives in New Jersey with her husband.Housekeeping notes:This is a ticketed in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating.Doors open at 6:30pm, with the talk starting around 7:00pm.Books will be available for purchase at the event.Cost of a book bundle ticket reflects the total cost of the feature event book (MSRP plus tax). Each book bundle ticket guarantees ticket holders one (1) copy of the feature event book.The talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&T Knitwear.If you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event, we're happy to take your pre-order. We ship most places! - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/new-york/diamond-forde-presents-the-book-of-alice-with-patricia-smith/100001978463238806 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 10, max: 22.1, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: New York - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts - **lat**: 40.7219297 - **long**: -73.9881633 - **full address**: P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts, 180 Orchard Street, New York, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Diamond Forde presents The Book of Alice, with Patricia Smith - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/870d3408719e2156223877a4bbfdf21af099159129e9d3a886f421246dbb7b98-rimg-w1200-h600-dc1a1a18-gmir.jpg?v=1767553347 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Diamond Forde presents The Book of Alice, with Patricia Smith being held? - **A:** Diamond Forde presents The Book of Alice, with Patricia Smith takes place on Wed, 04 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Wed, 04 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm at P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts, 180 Orchard Street, New York, United States. - **Q**: How much do tickets cost for Diamond Forde presents The Book of Alice, with Patricia Smith? - **A:** Ticket prices for Diamond Forde presents The Book of Alice, with Patricia Smith range from USD 10 to USD 22 depending on the ticket type. 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