Tracy K. Smith
Tracy K. Smith (born April 16, 1972, Falmouth, Massachusetts) is an African American poet and educator. She has published three collections of poetry. About her most recent collection, Life on Mars (2011), Joel Brouwer wrote: "Smith shows herself to be a poet of extraordinary range and ambition.... As all the best poetry does, “Life on Mars” first sends us out into the magnificent chill of the imagination and then returns us to ourselves, both changed and consoled. "[1]
She has a B.A. from Harvard University and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Columbia University. From 1997–1999 she was a Stegner Fellow in poetry at Stanford University. Currently she is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Princeton University.[2]
Smith lives in Brooklyn with her husband, Raphael Allison, and their daughter.[3]
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[edit] Books
- The Body’s Question (2003), Graywolf Press; won the 2002 Cave Canem Prize for the best first book by an African-American poet (selected by Kevin Young[4]).[3]
- Duende (2007), Graywolf Press; won the 2006 James Laughlin Award.
- Life on Mars (2011), Graywolf Press.
[edit] Contributor
- Poems, Poets, Poetry
- Poets on Teaching: A Sourcebook
- State of the Union: 50 Political Poems
- When She Named Fire
- Efforts and Affection: Women Poets on Mentorship
- The McSweeney's Book of Poets Picking Poets
- Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the New Century
- The Autumn House Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry
- Gathering Ground : A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem's First Decade
- Poetry Daily: 366 Poems from the World's Most Popular Poetry Website
- Poetry 30: Thirty-Something Thirty-Something American Poets
- H.L. Hix, ed (2008). New Voices: Contemporary Poetry from the United States. Irish Pages. ISBN 9780954425791.
[edit] Awards, grants, fellowships
- Grant from the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation
- Fellowship from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.
- Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s Award.
- Whiting Writers' Award in 2005 for poetry.
- James Laughlin Award in 2006 for Duende.
- Essence Literary Award in 2008 for Duende.
- Rolex Mentor & Protégé Arts Initiative in 2010.
[edit] References
- ^ Brouwer, Joel (August 26, 2011). "Poems of Childhood, Grief and Deep Space". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/books/review/life-on-mars-by-tracy-k-smith-book-review.html.
- ^ "Tracy K. Smith". Academy of American Poets. http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/1318. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
- ^ a b [1] Bios of 2005 Whiting Writers' Award Recipients - Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation, retrieved 9-20-06
- ^ [2] Tracy K. Smith Web site, biography page, retrieved October 28, 2006
James Laughlin Award of the Academy of American Poets 2006
[edit] External links
- Tracy K. Smith Princeton University Faculty Page
- Tracy K. Smith guest-edits the poetry section of Guernica Magazine
[edit] Her poetry online
- [3] Listen to Tracy K. Smith read and discuss her poetry at From the Fishouse
- [4]"Self-portrait as the Letter Y" from Post Road Magazine
- [5] "Duende" from Academy of American Poets Web site
- [6] "My God, It's Full of Stars" from The Awl Poetry Section
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