Tracy K. Smith joins for the Breaking Form Interview to discuss her new book of prose about poetry, Fear Less.

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Show Notes:

See Tracy K. Smith read from Life on Mars at the Kelly Writers' House .

Here's a reminiscence of Lucie Brock-Broido by her student, Stephanie Burt. Read more Brock-Broido-isms on writing & wonderment here.

Read Diane Seuss's "My Education," first published in Massachusetts Review and which appeared later in her 2024 book Modern Poetry.

Joy Harjo's poem "She Had Some Horses" was published in the book of the same name by Thunder's Mouth Press in 1983 and reissued in 1997. The link is to the original poem Tracy reads on the show.

Read reviews of Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times here, here, and here.

Visit Tracy's website here. 

Two more poets who appear in Fear Less are Victoria Adukwei Bulley (Read her "The Ultra-Black Fish" & follow her on Instagram) and Francisco Marquez (read his "Provincetown")