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Poet Laureate Tracy Smith Seeks Quiet Connection in Office
Tracy Smith, Princeton University poet and 2024 U.S. poet laureate designate, discusses the role as ambassador for listening and contemplation. She notes Cave Canem and other groups broaden American poetry, and she plans to explore rural and underrepresented readers while balancing family and teaching responsibilities.
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Tracy Smith
Princeton University
Picasso
Smith
U.S
Rita Dove
Robert Lowell
Natasha Tretheway
Congress
Donald Hall
Robert Pinsky
Robert Penn Warren
Philip Levine
Joseph Brodsky
Juan Felipe Herrera
Fairfield
Calif
Cave Canem
Kundiman
E Princeton
Washington, D.C