Fear Less by Tracy K Smith

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The Pulitzer Prize–winning poet reveals how poetry is a powerful tool of connection and understanding in a fractured world

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Fear Less by Tracy K Smith

Drawing on deep passion and personal experience, former US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith demystifies the art form that has too often been mischaracterised as “inaccessible”, “irrelevant” or “intimidating”. She argues that poetry is rooted in fundamentally human qualities innate to our capacities to love, dream, question and engage across diverse cultures and backgrounds. Lifting the veil on her own creative process, Smith shows us how reading and writing poetry allows us to confront life’s many uncertainties and losses, to build camaraderie with strangers and to understand ourselves. She grounds readers in the technical elements of the craft and provides close readings of the works of contemporary poets, alongside classic poems. By reimagining and re-examining the age-old art form, Fear Less is a warm invitation to find meaning, consolation and hope through poetry. A Norton Short
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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ISBN 13 9781324050988
ISBN 10 1324050985
Title Fear Less
Author Tracy K Smith
Series A Norton Short
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
Year published 2025-11-18
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