Tracy K. Smith is a librettist, translator and the author of five acclaimed poetry collections, including Life on Mars, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Her memoir, Ordinary Light, was a finalist for the National Book Award. From 2017 to 2019, she served as the 22nd Poet Laureate of the United States. She lives in Massachusetts. Her new book, To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul, will be published on November 7, 2023.
Tracy K. Smith shares a stunning personal manifesto on memory, family, and history that explores how we in America might—together—come to a new view of our shared past.
