Tracy K smith
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Tracy K smith is not on the 2027 or 2028 prescribed poetry list. Sylvia Plath and Emily Dickinson are the closest live American women poets, prescribed for 2028. See the 2028 Prescribed Poetry.
Tracy K. Smith is one of the most exciting contemporary American poets. Her work moves between the personal and the cosmic, between everyday life and the vast scale of the universe. She uses accessible language to explore questions of race, identity, science, and wonder. Examiners reward students who can discuss how her shifts in register and scale create meaning.
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