'Wade in the Water' is poet laureate Tracy K. Smith’s most overtly political collection
Apr 16, 2018
3 minutes
Poet Tracy K. Smith achieved a breakthrough in 2011 with "Life on Mars," a collection that won the Pulitzer Prize. As the title suggests, "Life on Mars" embraced an extraterrestrial theme, drawing on inspiration as varied as science fiction and the music of David Bowie to suggest that in the vast reaches of the cosmos, humanity might be the strangest creation of all. The book was also a homage to Smith’s father, a scientist who worked on the Hubble telescope. In
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