Tracy K. Smith
Tina ChangSmith teaches creative writing at Princeton University and lives in Brooklyn.
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Poems by Tracy K. Smith
Poems By TRACY K. SMITH
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Life on Mars: Space Exploration Through Poetry
Life on Mars, Tracy K. Smith's third book, explores the cosmos through words. The Princeton creative writing professor and poet reflects on the relationship between our lives and the universe at her Brooklyn home.
Poet Categorization
POET’S REGION U.S., Mid-Atlantic
LIFE SPAN 1972–
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Biography
Born in Massachusetts, Tracy K. Smith earned her BA from Harvard University and an MFA in creative writing from Columbia University. From 1997 to 1999 she held a Stegner fellowship at Stanford University. Smith is the author of three books of poetry: The Body's Question (2003), which won the Cave Canem prize for the best first book by an African-American poet; Duende (2007), winner of the James Laughlin Award and the Essense . . .
