American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time

Name: American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time
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ISBN: 9781555978150

by Tracy K. Smith

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A landmark anthology envisioned by Tracy K. Smith, 22nd Poet Laureate of the United States

American Journal presents fifty contemporary poems that explore and celebrate our country and our lives. 22nd Poet Laureate of the United States and Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy K. Smith has gathered a remarkable chorus of voices that ring up and down the registers of American poetry. In the elegant arrangement of this anthology, we hear stories from rural communities and urban centers, laments of loss in war and in grief, experiences of immigrants, outcries at injustices, and poems that honor elders, evoke history, and praise our efforts to see and understand one another. Taking its title from a poem by Robert Hayden, the first African American appointed as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, American Journal investigates our time with curiosity, wonder, and compassion.

Among the fifty poets included are: Jericho Brown, Natalie Diaz, Matthew Dickman, Mark Doty, Ross Gay, Aracelis Girmay, Joy Harjo, Terrance Hayes, Cathy Park Hong, Marie Howe, Major Jackson, Ilya Kaminsky, Robin Coste Lewis, Ada Límon, Layli Long Soldier, Erika L. Sánchez, Solmaz Sharif, Danez Smith, Susan Stewart, Mary Szybist, Natasha Trethewey, Brian Turner, Charles Wright, and Kevin Young.

Publisher:: Graywolf Press
ISBN:: 9781555978150
Binding:: Paperback
Pages:: 104
Authors:: Tracy K. Smith
Published Date:: 2018-09-04
Language:: English

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About Tracy K. Smith

Pulitzer Prize winner and former United States Poet Laureate, Tracy K. Smith was born in Falmouth, Massachusetts, and earned a BA in English and Afro-American studies from Harvard University and an MFA from Columbia University. Her collection Life on Mars (Graywolf Press, 2011) won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, while Wade in the Water (Graywolf Press, 2018) received the 2018 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award. Earlier books include The Body's Question (Graywolf Press, 2003) and Duende (Graywolf Press, 2007), winner of the James Laughlin Award. Serving as the 22nd Poet Laureate from 2017 to 2019, she also created the podcast The Slowdown and published the memoir Ordinary Light.

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