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Tracy K. Smith wins the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
 April 16, 2012—Graywolf Press is pleased to announce that
Life
on Mars by Tracy K. Smith has been selected as the winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. The
winners were announced today by the Pulitzer Prize Board and Columbia
University, and the prizes will be presented to the winners at a luncheon on
May 21st at Columbia University.
Of her win, Tracy K. Smith said, “This news is particularly elating, because I think of the book as a tribute to my father, who passed away in 2008.”
“This is very well deserved,” said Fiona McCrae, director and publisher at Graywolf Press. “Tracy K.
Smith is a poet of great poise and grace that has grown from book to book. All
of us at Graywolf are absolutely delighted about this recognition."
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Upcoming Events
Fri, May 18th, @7:00pmTracy K. Smith reading as part of the Loft's Poetry Conference (Minneapolis, MN) Author: Tracy K. Smith >>Book: Life on Mars >>
Fri, May 18th, @12:00pmAlyson Hagy reading at Bank Square Books (Mystic, CT) Author: Alyson Hagy >>Book: Boleto >>
Sun, May 20th, @10:00amLeslie Adrienne Miller featured at the Loft's Poetry Conference (Minneapolis, MN) Author: Leslie Adrienne Miller >>Book: Resurrection Trade >>
Tue, May 22nd, @7:30pmAlyson Hagy reading at Tattered Cover Bookstore (Denver, CO) Author: Alyson Hagy >>Book: Boleto >>
Wed, May 23rd, @7:00pmDana Gioia reading at Diesel Bookstore (Oakland, CA) Author: Dana Gioia >>Book: Pity the Beautiful >>
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The reissue of a classic book on writing, now with two new essays and a new preface
“[The book] is a pleasure to read, and it performs an important function—by mucking around in the problems that plague contemporary fiction, Burning Down the House may spur both readers and writers first to a recognition of guilty complicity and then to constructive thought.”
—NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
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By Elizabeth Alexander
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