Tracy K. Smith

Tracy K. Smith (born April 16, 1972) is an American poet and educator. She served as the 22nd Poet Laureate of the United States from 2017 to 2019. She has published four collections of poetry, winning the Pulitzer Prize for her 2011 volume Life on Mars.In April 2018, she was nominated for a second term as United States Poet Laureate by Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.