"There is so much noise in our culture. So many frantic, angry, unreliable voices.... Poetry is an antidote to that."… 4 poets you need to read, from new poet laureate Tracy K. Smith Last week ...

Tracy K. Smith, the 22nd Poet Laureate of the USA, talks to rising young poet Jay Bernard, and both read from their work. Tracy K. Smith's last collection, Wade in the Water, was nominated for a ...