What’s Happening!
United States Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith’s “American Conversations: Celebrating Poems in Rural Communities” event
When and Where!
Friday, December 14th, 6 PM - Jean Lafitte Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center in Thibodaux
Saturday, December 15th, 10 AM - South Lafourche Branch Library in Cut Off
The Lafourche Parish Library is pleased to present the United States Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith! Ms. Smith has been touring the U. S. with her American Conversations: Celebrating Poems in Rural Communities event and will be in Thibodaux Friday, December 14th, at the Jean Lafitte Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center in Thibodaux. A one-hour reception begins at 6 PM and the program immediately follows at 7 p.m. Her next event will be on Saturday, December 15th, from 10 - 11 AM at the South Lafourche Branch Library in Cut Off. The events are free and open to the public.
During her program, Smith will read selections of her own poetry and pieces from American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time and will engage audiences in discussions of the poems and the power of poetry. Complimentary copies of the anthology will be available to all program attendees.
The Center for the Book in the State Library of Louisiana is hosting these events in conjunction with the Poetry and Literature Center in the Library of Congress, and with the generous support of the Lafourche Parish Public Library and the National Park Service in Louisiana.
“We are thrilled by the opportunity to host U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith and help her bring her contagious excitement for poetry to our state,” said State Librarian Rebecca Hamilton. Smith will also give a private reading to members of the United Houma Nation at their main office in Houma during her visit to Louisiana’s Bayou Country.
Want to get a sneak peek at some of Tracy K. Smith’s poetry before her events? The Lafourche Parish Library has copies of these books by Ms. Smith: