Tracy K. Smith Is The New Poet Laureate Of The United States

A Pulitzer-winning author of poetry and nonfiction who directs the creative writing program at Princeton (and the erstwhile NPR NewsPoet), Smith says, "I think the responsibility really is to just help raise the awareness of poetry and its value in our culture. To me that means talking to people - getting off the usual path of literary festivals and university reading series and talking to people who might not even yet be readers of poetry."

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