Tracy K. Smith is one of the most exciting contemporary American poets. Her work moves between the personal and the cosmic, between everyday life and the vast scale of the universe. She uses accessible language to explore questions of race, identity, science, and wonder. Examiners reward students who can discuss how her shifts in register and scale create meaning.

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Don’t You Wonder, Sometimes?

The Universe is a Houseparty

It’s Not

Dominion Over the Beasts of the Earth

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