Summary: <strong>Tracy K. Smith</strong> (born April 16, 1972) is an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">American</a> poet and educator. She served as the 22nd <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poet_laureate_of_the_United_States" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Poet Laureate of the United States</a> from 2017 to 2019.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_K._Smith#cite_note-aap-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[1]</a> She has published four collections of poetry, winning the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pulitzer Prize</a> for her 2011 volume <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_Mars_(poetry_collection)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Life on Mars</em></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_K._Smith#cite_note-Pulitzer-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_K._Smith#cite_note-Jollimore-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[3]</a> Her memoir, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinary_Light" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Ordinary Light</em></a>, was published in 2015. <em>- Bio via Wikipedia</em><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>
