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Tracy K. Smith Closes First Term as Poet Laureate

April 20, 2018
From the Catbird Seat: Poetry & Literature at the Library of Congress

A near-capacity crowd filled the Library’s Coolidge Auditorium last night to listen to Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith pay tribute to the humanizing power of poetry. Smith noted that the goal of her talk, officially titled “Staying Human: Poetry in the Age of Technology,” was to share her thoughts on “why poetry feels so important […]

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  • Tracy K. Smith Closes First Term as Poet Laureate

    from: From the Catbird Seat: Poetry & Literature at the Library of Congress
    April 20, 2018

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    from: In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress
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    April 18, 2018

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    from: From the Catbird Seat: Poetry & Literature at the Library of Congress
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