Theft (live)
Tracy K. Smith reading Theft, recorded live at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, on December 7, 2006.
Tracy K. Smith
Slow Burn (live)
Tracy K. Smith reading Slow Burn, recorded live at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, on December 7, 2006.
Flores Woman (live)
Tracy K. Smith reading Flores Woman, recorded live at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, on December 7, 2006.
Duende (live)
Tracy K. Smith reading Duende, recorded live at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, on December 7, 2006.
The Nobodies (live)
Tracy K. Smith reading The Nobodies, recorded live at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, on December 7, 2006.
Tracy K. Smith live audience Q&A, Bates
Tracy K. Smith answering audience questions, live at Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, December 7, 2006.
Mangoes
The woman in a blouse The color of daylight Motions to her daughter not to slouch. They wait without luggage. They have been waiting Since before the station smelled Of cigarettes. Shadows Fill the doorway and fade One by one Into bloated faces. She’d like to swat at them Like the lazy flies That swarm […]
A Hunger So Honed
Driving home late through town He woke me for a deer in the road, The light smudge of it fragile in the distance, Free in a way that made me ashamed for our flesh– His hand on my hand, even the weight Of our voices not speaking. I watched a long time And […]