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 ...

CHOW: Tracy K. Smith's collection of poetry, "Life On Mars," won a Pulitzer Prize. And I regularly send that collection, as well as Tracy's memoir, "Ordinary Light," to friends who are ...

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 ...

Since her first book of poetry, “The Body’s Question,” was published in 2003, Tracy K. Smith has been a writer to watch. Her poems and prose are forceful, intelligent and musical, earning ...

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 ...

As we inch toward the holidays, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K. Smith shares how she's processing grief, a subject at the center of much of her work.