4 poets you need to read, from new poet laureate Tracy K. Smith Last week, the Library of Congress selected Tracy K. Smith as the new U.S. Poet Laureate. Here, Smith shares the poetry she ...

Tracy K. Smith, the 22nd Poet Laureate of the USA, talks to rising young poet Jay ... that attention seeking is the best thing we do. Read more about Adam Phillips and Devorah Baum: Attention Seeking ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Patricia Smith has won the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for lifetime achievement, a $100,000 honor presented by the Chicago-based Poetry Foundation. Previous winners include W.S. Merwin, ...