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Tracy K. Smith

Tracy K. Smith is a professor at Harvard University and a Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor at Harvard Radcliffe Institute. She served as the 22nd US poet laureate and is the author of five poetry collections, including the Pulitzer Prize winner Life on Mars.

Tracy K. Smith

Tracy K. Smith is a professor at Harvard University and a Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor at Harvard Radcliffe Institute. She served as the 22nd US poet laureate and is the author of five poetry collections, including the Pulitzer Prize winner Life on Mars.

Books by Tracy K. Smith

  • Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times

    Tracy K. Smith

    Hardback, 2026

    The Pulitzer Prize–winning poet reveals how poetry is a powerful tool of connection and understanding in a fractured world
  • Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times

    Tracy K. Smith

    E Book

    The Pulitzer Prize–winning poet reveals how poetry is a powerful tool of connection and understanding in a fractured world.