# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Poetry Reading: Tracy K. Smith
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 12 Jul, 2026 at 03:00 pm – Sun, 12 Jul, 2026 at 04:00 pm
- **Event Description**: The Longfellow Summer Arts Festival brings music, poetry, and community to the front lawn of the Longfellow House on Sunday afternoons through the summer. All events are free and open to the public. This reading is presented in partnership with the New England Poetry Club.

Tracy K. Smith is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, memoirist, editor, translator and librettist. She served as the 22nd Poet Laureate of the United States from 2017-19, during which time she spearheaded American Conversations: Celebrating Poetry in Rural Communities with the Library of Congress, created the American Public Media podcast The Slowdown, and edited the anthology American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time.

Smith is the author of five poetry collections: Such Color: New and Selected Poems, which won the 2022 New England Book Award; Wade in the Water, which was awarded the 2018 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award; Life on Mars, which won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize; Duende, winner of the 2006 James Laughlin Award of the Academy of American Poets; and The Body’s Question, which received the 2003 Cave Canem Prize. Her memoir, Ordinary Light, was a finalist for the 2015 National Book Award in nonfiction. She is the co-translator (with Changtai Bi) of My Name Will Grow Wide like a Tree: Selected Poems of Yi Lei, which was a finalist for the 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize; and co-editor (with John Freeman) of There’s a Revolution Outside, My Love: Letters from a Crisis. Her memoir-manifesto, To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul, was a Time magazine and Washington Post Best Book of the Year, and a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times is a nonfiction celebration of poetry as a source of courage and emotional fortitude amidst the many upheavals of the 21st Century.

She is the Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University, and a Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor at Harvard Radcliffe Institute.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cambridge/poetry-reading-tracy-k-smith/200030289033759
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, festivals, summer-camps, music-festivals
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 51

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Cambridge
- **state**: MA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 105 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02138
- **lat**: 42.37699
- **long**: -71.12637
- **full address**: 105 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02138

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Poetry Reading: Tracy K. Smith being held?
  - **A:** Poetry Reading: Tracy K. Smith takes place on Sun, 12 Jul, 2026 at 03:00 pm to Sun, 12 Jul, 2026 at 04:00 pm at 105 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02138.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Poetry Reading: Tracy K. Smith?
  - **A:** Poetry Reading: Tracy K. Smith is organized by Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Poetry Reading: Tracy K. Smith is ideal for festival lovers, culture enthusiasts, and anyone looking for a vibrant, immersive community experience. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Cambridge, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. With 50+ people already showing interest, this is clearly an event worth adding to your calendar - don't miss out.

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