Tracy K. Smith
b'Tracy K. Smith is the current U.S.Poet Laureate, the 4th African American to hold the poet, mother of three, teacher, and Pulitzer Prize poet. Smith blends technology and science to answer bigger questions that perplex her. Her dad, an engineer, worked on The Hubble Telescope. Smith discusses the personal reasons that are behind her writing. One of America\\u2019s favorite poets.'