# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Tracy K. Smith with "Fear Less"
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 18 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: SHOWTIME
Thursday, December 18 2025, 7:00pm

TICKETS
$34, includes a signed book ("Fear Less," $24, hardcover)

https://www.themusichall.org/events/tracyksmith/

A Pulitzer Prize–winning poet reveals how poetry is a powerful tool of connection and understanding in a fractured world.
 
Drawing on deep passion and personal experience, former US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith demystifies the art form that has too often been mischaracterized as “inaccessible,” “irrelevant,” or “intimidating.” She argues that poetry is rooted in fundamentally human qualities innate to our capacities to love, dream, question, and cultivate community. Lifting the veil on her own creative process, Smith shows us how reading and writing poetry allows us to better confront life’s many uncertainties and losses, build camaraderie with strangers, and understand ourselves more fully.
 
She grounds readers in the technical elements of the craft and provides close readings of the works of contemporary poets such as Joy Harjo, Danez Smith, and Francisco Márquez, alongside classic poems by Dickinson, Keats, Millay, and others. By reimagining and reexamining the age-old art form, Fear Less is a warm invitation to find meaning, consolation, and hope through poetry for poetry fans and newcomers to the art form.

Tracy K. Smith is the Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University. She served as the 22nd Poet Laureate of the United States and is the author of five poetry collections, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning Life on Mars.

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Special thanks to our Literary in The Lounge Presenting Sponsor, the University of New Hampshire and our Media Partner, New Hampshire Public Radio.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/portsmouth/tracy-k-smith-with-fear-less/200028905772613
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 6

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Portsmouth
- **state**: NH
- **country**: United States
- **location**: The Music Hall Lounge
- **lat**: 43.076171738013
- **long**: -70.760302464478
- **full address**: The Music Hall Lounge, Vibe Collective, 153 Congress St, Portsmouth, NH 03801, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Tracy K. Smith with "Fear Less" being held?
  - **A:** Tracy K. Smith with "Fear Less" takes place on Thu, 18 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm to Thu, 18 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm at The Music Hall Lounge, Vibe Collective, 153 Congress St, Portsmouth, NH 03801, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Tracy K. Smith with "Fear Less"?
  - **A:** Tracy K. Smith with "Fear Less" is organized by The Music Hall Lounge.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Tracy K. Smith with "Fear Less" is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Portsmouth, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Tracy K. Smith with "Fear Less" sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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