Poets & Writers Theater
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"My interest in science fiction was really based in what now seems like a very kitschy futuristic aesthetic—an image of the future from about forty years ago." Poet Tracy K. Smith discusses how she conducted research for her Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Life on Mars (Graywolf Press, 2011). Smith, whose new book, the memoir Ordinary Light, is forthcoming from Knopf, is featured in the March/April issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Poetry | Knopf | reading | Graywolf Press | 2011 | March/April 2015 | Tracy K. Smith | Ordinary Light | Life on Mars -
In this video, Jia Tolentino, a contributing writer for the New Yorker, examines the poem “Solstice” from Tracy K. Smith’s poetry collection Life on Mars (Graywolf Press, 2011).
Tags: Poetry | Tracy K. Smith | Solstice | New Yorker | Jia Tolentino | Life on Mars | 2011 | Graywolf Press
