{"id":3361,"date":"2023-10-11T10:10:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T17:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/?post_type=tribe_organizer&#038;p=3361"},"modified":"2023-10-11T13:11:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T20:11:25","slug":"tracy-k-smith","status":"publish","type":"tribe_organizer","link":"https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/bio\/tracy-k-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracy K. Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tracy K. Smith<\/strong> is a librettist, translator and the author of five acclaimed poetry collections, including <em>Life on Mars<\/em>,\u00a0which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Her memoir,\u00a0<em>Ordinary Light<\/em>, 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,\u00a0<em>To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul,<\/em> will be published on November 7, 2023.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3364\" src=\"https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/smith-cover-9780593534762-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/smith-cover-9780593534762-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/smith-cover-9780593534762-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/smith-cover-9780593534762-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/smith-cover-9780593534762-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/smith-cover-9780593534762-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/smith-cover-9780593534762-1140x1710.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/smith-cover-9780593534762-920x1380.jpg 920w, https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/smith-cover-9780593534762-575x863.jpg 575w, https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/smith-cover-9780593534762-380x570.jpg 380w, https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/smith-cover-9780593534762-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/smith-cover-9780593534762.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tracy K. Smith is a librettist, translator and the author of five acclaimed poetry collections, including Life on Mars,\u00a0which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Her memoir,\u00a0Ordinary Light, was a finalist [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3390,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_organizer\/3361"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_organizer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_organizer"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_organizer\/3361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3368,"href":"https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_organizer\/3361\/revisions\/3368"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}