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Tracy K. Smith is a poet first included in 2025 in the Prescribed Material for the Leaving Certificate Examination. Smith was born in Massachusetts and raised in northern California. She is a professor of English and of African and African-American Studies. Smith is a Pulitzer winning poet, and a two-time poet laureate of the United States (2017-2019). She uses her poetry to capture what it means to be a descendent of slaves, a human in love, a nation divided. In her work she raises questions on identity, relationships, sexuality and power. This resource focuses on the biography of the poet, a discussion of the key themes across her work, stylistic features in her poetry and essay style questions.