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Tracy K. Smith

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet, 22nd Poet Laureate of the U.S. & Acclaimed Memoirist; Professor at Harvard University

Tracy K. Smith

Tracy K. Smith

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet, 22nd Poet Laureate of the U.S. & Acclaimed Memoirist; Professor at Harvard University

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Authors, Literary, Poetry
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Tracy K. Smith Biography

Tracy K. Smith is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, memoirist, editor, and translator. Smith served as the 22nd Poet Laureate of the United States from 2017 to 2019, where she spearheaded American Conversations: Celebrating Poems in Rural Communities with the Library of Congress, launched the American Public Media Podcast "The Slowdown," and edited the anthology "American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time."

Smith is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir and National Book Award Finalist Ordinary Light, which Booklist calls “a gracefully nuanced yet strikingly candid memoir about family, faith, race, and literature” and praises Smith for her ability to “hold our intellectual and emotional attention ever so tightly as she charts her evolving thoughts on the divides between races, generations, economic classes, religion and science and celebrates her lifesaving discovery of poetry as ‘soul language.’"

In 2012, Smith received the Pulitzer Prize for Life on Mars and was selected as a New York Times Notable. Her poems embody the lyrical, rhythmic quality of masters such as Federico Garcí¬a Lorca. At times political, whimsical, and always meditative, they speak largely to the role of art and the conception of what it means to be American, dealing with the “evolution and decline of the culture we belong to.” Her work also explores the dichotomy between the ordered world and the irrationality of the self, the importance of submitting oneself willingly to the “ongoing conflict” of life and surviving nonetheless—or, as in Smith’s own words, “poetry is a way of stepping into the mess of experience.” Additional works of Smith include "The Body’s Question," winner of the Cave Canem prize; "Duende," winner of the James Laughlin Award and the Essence Literary Award; "Wade in the Water," and "To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul."

She formerly served as the Director of Princeton University’s Creative Writing Program and taught at Columbia, City University of New York, and the University of Pittsburgh. Smith is a professor of English and African-American Studies at Harvard University. Smith completed her undergraduate degree at Harvard University, earning her MFA at Columbia before becoming a Stegner Fellow in Poetry at Stanford University.

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Tracy K. Smith Videos

  • 'Here and Now, Elsewhere and Before: A Talk and Reading on Poetry and Time'
    'Here and Now, Elsewhere and Before: A Talk and Reading on Poetry and Time'
    Tracy K. Smith, Professor of English and of African and African American Studies Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor at the Harvard Radcliffe...
  • Tracy K. Smith keynotes Columbia College Chicago Commencement 2016
    Tracy K. Smith keynotes Columbia College Chicago Commencement 2016
    Pulitzer prize-winning author and poet Tracy K. Smith is introduced by Columbia College Chicago associate professor Matthew Shenoda before receiving...
  • Imagining the Universe: Life on Mars with Tracy K. Smith - YouTube
    Imagining the Universe: Life on Mars with Tracy K. Smith - YouTube
    With allusions to David Bowie and interplanetary travel Life on Mars imagines a soundtrack for the universe to accompany the discoveries ...
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Tracy K. Smith Books

  • To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul
    To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul
  • Ordinary Light: A memoir
    Ordinary Light: A memoir

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Tracy K. Smith is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics . The estimated speaking fee range to book Tracy K. Smith for your event is $20,000 - $30,000. Tracy K. Smith generally travels from Brooklyn, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Elizabeth Alexander, Arielle Estoria, Kyla Jenee Lacey, José Olivarez and Robin Ess. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Tracy K. Smith for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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