Ifill College’s Department of Literature & Writing invites you to a poetry reading by Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy K. Smith. This event is part of the Literature & Writing Department’s annual Robert M. Gay Memorial lecture series. It will be moderated by Literature & Writing Professor Patrick Sylvain.
Smith is a Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor at Harvard Radcliffe Institute and a professor of English and of African and African American Studies in the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Critics have praised Smith’s expansive storytelling, flawless language, and her engagement with the paradoxes of everyday American life that are intimately linked to broader histories, justice, and racism.
Smith will read selections of her various poems, touching on timely themes of love and desire, justice, loss, and human connection across time. Come listen to the reading, take part in an open Q&A, and get your books signed by Smith. The event is free to attend, in-person at the Linda K. Paresky Conference Room or online, but registration is required.