and Life on Mars, which received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2012. Her memoir, Ordinary Light, was a finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 2015. “The surfaces of a Tracy K. Smith ...

As we inch toward the holidays, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K. Smith shares how she's processing ... Her collection of poetry Life on Mars won a Pulitzer Prize, and her memoir Ordinary ...

After earning her Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University and Master of Fine Arts from Columbia University, Smith went on to produce four works of poetry and memoir including “The Body’s Question” ...

Lucille Clifton’s poem “The Last Day” articulates a sense of this responsibility in powerful, chastening terms. The first books of this kind that spoke to me were “Life After Death,” by ...

Tracy K. Smith ... collection, "Life on Mars." But what else do you know about the famed writer? Test your knowledge with these fast facts. 1. She’s an Ivy League woman. Smith earned her ...

TO FREE THE CAPTIVES: A Plea for the American Soul, by Tracy K. Smith Since her first book of ... Here the former poet laureate writes about her life as a microcosm of the Black American experience.

In her newest memoir “To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul,” Tracy K. Smith ’94 ... as an undergraduate, Smith found “a surety.” “I found a life-saving tool.

‘Life on Mars’ Author Explores Humans’ Relationship With Universe Through Poetry "Life on Mars," Tracy K. Smith's third book, explores the cosmos through words. The Princeton creative ...