American Conversations: Celebrating Poems in Rural Communities

American Conversations: Celebrating Poems in Rural Communities
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Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith makes a stop at a cafe in south central Kentucky. March 16, 2018. Credit: Shawn Miller. Tracy K. Smith conducts a reading and discussion at the Men's Addiction Recovery Campus in Bowling Green, Kentucky. March 16, 2018. Credit: Shawn Miller. Ashton Ricketts shares an original poem with Tracy K. Smith at the Men's Addiction Recovery Campus in Bowling Green, Kentucky. March 16, 2018. Credit: Shawn Miller. Tracy K. Smith and Rob Casper, head of the Library of Congress Poetry and Literature Center, speak to Phillip Justice, program director and campus manager of the Men's Addiction Recovery Campus, in Bowling Green, Kentucky. March 16, 2018. Credit: Shawn Miller. Tracy K. Smith conducts a reading and Q&A with Kentucky Poet Laureate Frederick Smock at the South Central Kentucky Cultural Center in Glasgow, Kentucky. March 16, 2018. Credit: Shawn Miller. Tracy K. Smith signs books for event audience members at the South Central Kentucky Cultural Center in Glasgow, Kentucky. March 16, 2018. Credit: Shawn Miller. Tracy K. Smith peruses book shelves before a reading and discussion at the New Haven Branch of the Nelson County Public Library in New Haven, Kentucky. March 17, 2018. Credit: Shawn Miller. Tracy K. Smith speaks with community member Jimmy Curle before a reading and discussion at the New Haven Branch of the Nelson County Public Library in New Haven, Kentucky. March 17, 2018. Credit: Shawn Miller. Tracy K. Smith and Rob Casper pose with library staff and Kentucky poet Maurice Manning after a reading and discussion at the New Haven Branch of the Nelson County Public Library in New Haven, Kentucky. March 17, 2018. Photo by Shawn Miller.