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Produced in partnership with the Poetry Foundation

February 5, 2020

Raising poetry to a more visible and influential position in American culture.

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Tracy K. Smith’s Work Diary

Want to know more about our host? Read this New York Times piece on her nonstop work week.

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Tracy K. Smith’s Poetry

Read Smith’s latest poetry collection, Wade in the Water.