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Tracy K. Smith is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, memoirist, librettist & translator.
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Is Polarization a Language Problem? | Tracy K. Smith | TEDxNewEngland
Is Polarization a Language Problem? | Tracy K. Smith | TEDxNewEngland
As public discourse grows louder and more extreme, Tracy K. Smith asks whether our everyday language is quietly shaping a culture of fear and deepening divis...
Listen: Joy Harjo & Tracy K. Smith – On Being
Listen: Joy Harjo & Tracy K. Smith – On Being
Joyous wisdom on rising to our truest, highest selves, even amidst grief, mystery, and danger — and bearing witness to each other as we do so.
Meredith Asks An Expert: Tracy K. Smith on Poetry, Process & Why Poems “Teach” Us
Meredith Asks An Expert: Tracy K. Smith on Poetry, Process & Why Poems “Teach” Us
Pulitzer Prize–winning poet and former U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith sits down for Meredith Asks An Expert—answering student-submitted questions on commu...
Tracy K. Smith | Official website
Tracy K. Smith | Official website
Official Website of Tracy K. Smith, 22nd Poet Laureate of the United States and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Life on Mars.
Buy: Fear Less - Poetry in Perilous Times
Buy: Fear Less - Poetry in Perilous Times
Poetry in Perilous Times
Discover: "Black Hair" by Yi Lei
Discover: "Black Hair" by Yi Lei
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Tracy K. Smith prescribes poetry as a balm to our wounds in 'Fear Less'
Tracy K. Smith prescribes poetry as a balm to our wounds in 'Fear Less'
Are you convinced poetry is some code you just can’t crack? In her new book, “Fear Less,” former Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith says poems are like cars: they’re meant to take you somewhere.
Watch: FRANCE 24 TV segment
Watch: FRANCE 24 TV segment
A former US Poet Laureate has told FRANCE 24 how we should stop making poems feel like puzzles, and instead embrace them as a way to help us in our perilous times. Tracy K. Smith is now a Harvard professor…
Fear Less (with Special Guest Tracy K. Smith)
Fear Less (with Special Guest Tracy K. Smith)
Tracy K. Smith joins for the Breaking Form Interview to discuss her new book of prose about poetry, Fear Less.Please Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series...
Former Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith Urges Us to 'Fear Less' | KQED
Former Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith Urges Us to 'Fear Less' | KQED
Why to Read Poetry | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC
Why to Read Poetry | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC
Tracy K. Smith, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, former Poet Laureate and Harvard professor, talks about her new book, making the case for reading poetry.
An Impossible Wish | Poetry Off the Shelf w/ Helena de Groot
An Impossible Wish | Poetry Off the Shelf w/ Helena de Groot
Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.
First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
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Podcast
First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
Podcast Episode · First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing · November 24, 2025 · 1h 5m
Disrupted podcast with Khaliyah Brown-Dean
Disrupted podcast with Khaliyah Brown-Dean
Former U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy K. Smith joins us to talk about the power of poetry to create connection.
Transcending These Times: A Conversation with Poet Tracy K Smith.
Transcending These Times: A Conversation with Poet Tracy K Smith.
Sneak Preview of FEAR LESS
Sneak Preview of FEAR LESS
Celebrating the U.S. Poets Laureate: Joy Harjo, Ada Limón and Tracy K. Smith | Library of Congress
Celebrating the U.S. Poets Laureate: Joy Harjo, Ada Limón and Tracy K. Smith | Library of Congress
For the first time, the three most recent U.S. Poets Laureate came together on one stage. Ada Limón “Startlement”, Joy Harjo “Washing My Mother’s Body” and Tracy K. Smith “To Free the Captives”, along with Robert Casper, who oversees the laureate program, discussed their groundbreaking work to promote poetry across the country. Moderated by Washington Post Book Critic Ron Charles.
On Being Nobody: Poetry’s Intervention into Common Reality | Tracy K. Smith
On Being Nobody: Poetry’s Intervention into Common Reality | Tracy K. Smith
A presentation from 2024–2025 Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor Tracy K. SmithTracy K. Smith, a professor of English and of African and African Ameri...
with Elizabeth Alexander & Tamala Edwards | Ordinary Light with Elizabeth Alexander | The Light of the World
with Elizabeth Alexander & Tamala Edwards | Ordinary Light with Elizabeth Alexander | The Light of the World
Recorded May 4, 2015A poet of “extraordinary range and ambition” (New York Times Book Review), Tracy K. Smith is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning boo...
Blacksmith House Poetry Series 10/24/2022 - Tracy K Smith
Blacksmith House Poetry Series 10/24/2022 - Tracy K Smith
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The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far)
The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far)
The 25 most consequential collections from the past 25 years
Clint Smith and Tracy K. Smith | NOLA Book Fest 2024
Clint Smith and Tracy K. Smith | NOLA Book Fest 2024
ChiHum Festival with Parneshia Jones
ChiHum Festival with Parneshia Jones
Reading from Life on Mars at Michigan State | 2014
Reading from Life on Mars at Michigan State | 2014
With Sarah M. Broom & Vann R. Newkirk II | NOLA Book Fest 2025
With Sarah M. Broom & Vann R. Newkirk II | NOLA Book Fest 2025
In Conversation with Joy Harjo | Feb 2019
In Conversation with Joy Harjo | Feb 2019
DesignObserver Podcast | August 2024
DesignObserver Podcast | August 2024
In Conversation with Dionne Ford
In Conversation with Dionne Ford
Colores | The Righteous, Santa Fe Opera | Season 30 | Episode 18 | PBS
Colores | The Righteous, Santa Fe Opera | Season 30 | Episode 18 | PBS
Portland Literary Arts | with Major Jackson
Portland Literary Arts | with Major Jackson
ALOUD LA | with Morgan Parker
ALOUD LA | with Morgan Parker
Works & Process: The Santa Fe Opera: "The Righteous" by Gregory Spears and Tracy K. Smith
Works & Process: The Santa Fe Opera: "The Righteous" by Gregory Spears and Tracy K. Smith
NEA Art Works Podcast | 2021
NEA Art Works Podcast | 2021
Big Books & Bold Ideas with Kerri Miller
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Podcast
Big Books & Bold Ideas with Kerri Miller
Amanpour & Co. | 2019
Amanpour & Co. | 2019
SVWC '23 Reading
SVWC '23 Reading
City Arts & Lectures with john a. powell
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Podcast
City Arts & Lectures with john a. powell
MSNBC | Morning Joe
MSNBC | Morning Joe
CBS | This Morning
CBS | This Morning
WGBH | Culture Show
WGBH | Culture Show
In Conversation with Jericho Brown
In Conversation with Jericho Brown
The Atlantic | Ideas
The Atlantic | Ideas
WaPo Op-Ed | Sobriety
WaPo Op-Ed | Sobriety
PBS | 2018 National Book Festival
PBS | 2018 National Book Festival
Harvard Divinity School | Craft Talk
Harvard Divinity School | Craft Talk
PBS | News Hour 2012
PBS | News Hour 2012
Poetry in the Age of Technology
Poetry in the Age of Technology
“Solstice” | The New Yorker
“Solstice” | The New Yorker
WaPo Book Review by Becca Rothfeld
WaPo Book Review by Becca Rothfeld
NYTBR Review by Shane McCrae
NYTBR Review by Shane McCrae
NYTBR | Review by Joel Brouwer
NYTBR | Review by Joel Brouwer
WNYC | The Brian Lehrer Show
WNYC | The Brian Lehrer Show
Boston Globe Magazine
Boston Globe Magazine
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