Tracy K. Smith is the author of The Body's Question (Graywolf Press, 2003). Her forthcoming collection, Duende, won the 2006 James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets and will be published by Graywolf in May 2007. She teaches at Princeton University.

Other poems by Tracy K. Smith in Verse Daily:
April 10, 2007:   "Nocturne: Andalusian Dog" " I rise. I pant. I scrape..."

Books by Tracy K. Smith: The Body's Question: Poems, Duende: Poems

Other poems on the web by Tracy K. Smith:
Five Poems
"Self Portrait as the Letter Y"
"Duende"

Tracy K. Smith's Home Page.

About Redivider:
Poets in this issue: Matthew Henriksen, Craig Beaven, Jae Newman, Ian Harris, Susan Roberts, Derek Mong, Jason Stumpf, Paul Guest, Josiah Bancroft, Jonathan Johnson, Adam Clay, Tracy K. Smith, Allison Titus, Darcie Dennigan, John Surowiecki, George Looney, Marilyn Nelson, Matthew Kaberline, Keith Montesano