The dazzling memoir from U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith, author of Wade in the Water and Life on Mars. Named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Denver Post, and Oprah.com.

In Ordinary Light, Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Tracy K. Smith tells her remarkable story, giving us a quietly potent memoir that explores her coming-of-age and the meaning of home against a complex backdrop of race, faith, and the unbreakable bond between a mother and daughter. Here is the story of a young artist struggling to fashion her own understanding of belief, loss, history, and what it means to be black in America.

Product details

File Size: 3610 KB
Print Length: 350 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0307962660
Publisher: Vintage (March 31, 2015)
Publication Date: March 31, 2015
Language: English
ASIN: B00N6PBEU6
Text-to-Speech: Enabled

ORDINARY LIGHT: A MEMOIR