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Why to Read Poetry
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Why to Read Poetry

Tracy K. Smith, Pulitzer Prize winning poet, former Poet Laureate and Harvard professor, talks about her new book, making the case for reading poetry and sharing her own writing process.

The Brian Lehrer Show

December 5, 202533m 2s

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Show Notes

Tracy K. Smith, Pulitzer Prize winning poet, former Poet Laureate of the United States from 2017 to 2019, professor of English and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University and the author of several poetry collections and her latest, Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times (Norton, 2025), talks about her new book, making the case for reading poetry and sharing her own writing process.

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