Duende, Tracy K. Smith
Duende, Tracy K. Smith
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Duende
Poems

Author: Tracy K. Smith

Narrator: Tracy K. Smith

Unabridged: 1 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/23/2018


Synopsis

Duende, that dark and elusive force described by Federico García Lorca, is the creative and ecstatic power an artist seeks to channel from within. It can lead the artist toward revelation, but it must also, Lorca says, accept and even serenade the possibility of death. Tracy K. Smith's bold second poetry collection explores history and the intersections of folk traditions, political resistance, and personal survival. Duende gives passionate testament to suppressed cultures, and allows them to sing.

About Tracy K. Smith

Tracy K. Smith is the 22nd Poet Laureate of the United States and recipient of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for Life on Mars. Duende, her second book, received the 2006 James Laughlin Award of the Academy of American Poets. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey.


Reviews

Goodreads review by J.L.

"There are ways of naming the wound" "The point is, you won't necessarily know Whether you're living a science fiction reality" In Duende, as in her other poetry collection, Life on Mars, Tracy K Smith explores loss, desire, identity, current events and even science fiction. Both collections share a......more

Goodreads review by Lois

This was just beautiful I listened to the audiobook version read by the author. So worth the listen.......more