'A poet
of extraordinary range and ambition . . . convincing in both
the grand
gesture and the reverent contemplation of a humble plate of
eggs' The New York Times
US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith has gathered this selection spanning her
entire remarkable career. From the private experience of desire to the
devastations of political strife, these poems enlarge our vocabulary for
what it means to live, struggle, grieve and love.
'Smith's poetry is an awakening itself' Vogue
'Deftly, Tracy K. Smith, the reigning poet laureate of the United States, illuminates America's generational wounds' New York Magazine
'Smith is a storyteller who loves to explore how the body can respond to a lover, to family, and to history' Hilton Als, New Yorker
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