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Why Tracy K. Smith Spent Her Two Years As Poet Laureate Traveling America

WORDS Posted: July 9, 2019 11:01 am

“She felt poetry might be able to help mend some of the divisions that the election had highlighted. Her plan was this: to put together a collection of poems from living poets, called American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time, that she felt were in some way relevant to our moment, and to hit the road — visiting community centers, senior centers, prisons, and colleges.” (audio) – The New Yorker Radio Hour

WORDS Published: 07.05.19

Read the story in The New Yorker Radio Hour Published: 07.05.19

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