Tracy K Smith Project by Keith Cartwright https://padlet.com/348607/f48cdzf5liyh en-us 2019-05-21 23:55:32 UTC 2019-05-23 03:16:56 UTC hello@padlet.com Tracy K Smith 348607 https://padlet.com/348607/f48cdzf5liyh/wish/362354688 2019-05-21 23:57:24 UTC https://padlet.com/348607/f48cdzf5liyh/wish/362354688 Introductory Materials 348607 https://padlet.com/348607/f48cdzf5liyh/wish/362355336 Articles -
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/01/tracy-k-smiths-poetry-of-desire

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/business/tracy-k-smith-poet-laureate.html

Reading -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0znrveDbNI

Poems -
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56376/the-good-life

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/145346/flores-woman

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/147456/an-old-story-5b58c2f3a01c7

]]> 2019-05-22 00:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/348607/f48cdzf5liyh/wish/362355336 Biography 348607 https://padlet.com/348607/f48cdzf5liyh/wish/362356759 Tracy K. Smith grew up in California, and then attended both Harvard and Columbia University where she received a degree in creative writing. She then went on to publish four books of poetry, which received numerous awards, including a Pulitzer Prize. In 2017, Smith was appointed as the U.S poet laureate, a position in which she worked to promote an appreciation of poetry in the nation.

Smith's works are recognized for their ability to blend her personal background with the sentiments of the masses regarding current events and politics. Her are generally left open ended, leaving readers to consider countless possibilities. As described by the Chancellor of the American Academy of Poets,  " The surfaces of  Tracy K. Smith poem are beautiful and serene, but underneath, there is always a sense of unknown vastness," which "invites us to imagine."

Smiths four books are titled "Duende," "The Body's Question," "Life on Mars," and "Wade in the Water." Each of these books contains a collection of poems that focus around a central theme she seeks to address.

Smith now works the department head of Princeton's creative writing department, and she also teaches classes as a professor. In addition, she hosts a podcast called "The Slowdown," on which she "delivers a different way to see the world" through daily poetry reading and analysis.

]]> 2019-05-22 00:08:39 UTC https://padlet.com/348607/f48cdzf5liyh/wish/362356759 Sources 348607 https://padlet.com/348607/f48cdzf5liyh/wish/362356789 "Tracy K. Smith." Poets.org, poets.org/poet/tracy-k-smith. Accessed 22 May 2019. 

"Tracy K. Smith." Poetry Foundation, www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/tracy-k-smith. Accessed 22 May      2019.

Princeton Lewis Arts Center. arts.princeton.edu/people/profiles/tksmith/. Accessed 22 May 2019.
]]> 2019-05-22 00:08:49 UTC https://padlet.com/348607/f48cdzf5liyh/wish/362356789 Response #1 - The Good Life 348607 https://padlet.com/348607/f48cdzf5liyh/wish/362364655 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ymhrHlhc9Bx4F3Jc28TB3Aw3AweBq7y03vwUM6PNARM/edit?usp=sharing]]> 2019-05-22 00:49:36 UTC https://padlet.com/348607/f48cdzf5liyh/wish/362364655 Response #2 348607 https://padlet.com/348607/f48cdzf5liyh/wish/362364767 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dTUuSd22BgDUx2Rrv4nyIKcUpmXQIPIcbSUj2zC3MIw/edit?usp=sharing]]> 2019-05-22 00:50:12 UTC https://padlet.com/348607/f48cdzf5liyh/wish/362364767 Reading "The Good Life" 348607 https://padlet.com/348607/f48cdzf5liyh/wish/362780116 https://drive.google.com/open?id=1xdCQZgg9RzzQcAD7DB1-DahCWSmkY_VK]]> 2019-05-23 03:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/348607/f48cdzf5liyh/wish/362780116