American Conversations: Celebrating Poems in Rural Communities

American Conversations: Celebrating Poems in Rural Communities
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Tracy K. Smith reads and discusses poems from "American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time" with a small gathering at the United Houma Nation Vocational Rehabilitation Office in Houma, LA. December 14, 2018. Credit: Kevin Rabalais. Tracy K. Smith reads and discusses poems from "American Journal" with a small gathering at the United Houma Nation Vocational Rehabilitation Office in Houma, LA. December 14, 2018. Credit: Kevin Rabalais.Tracy K. Smith and August Creppel, Principal Chief of the United Houma Nation, embrace at the United Houma Nation Vocational Rehabilitation Office in Houma, LA. December 14, 2018. Credit: Kevin Rabalais. Audience members read along with Tracy K. Smith as she reads and discusses poems from “American Journal” at the Jean Lafitte Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center in Thibodaux, LA. December 14, 2018. Credit: Kevin Rabalais.Tracy K. Smith chats with and signs copies of "American Journal" for audience members at the Jean Lafitte Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center in Thibodaux, LA. December 14, 2018. Credit: Kevin Rabalais. Tracy K. Smith reads and discusses poems from "American Journal" with a packed room at the South Lafourche Public Library in Cut Off, LA. December 15, 2018. Credit: Kevin Rabalais. An audience member receives a free copy of "American Journal" for attending Tracy K. Smith’s "American Conversations" event at the South Lafourche Public Library in Cut Off, LA. December 15, 2018. Credit: Kevin Rabalais. Tracy K. Smith chats with and signs copies of "American Journal" for audience members at the South Lafourche Public Library in Cut Off, LA. December 15, 2018. Credit: Kevin Rabalais. Tracy K. Smith with Library of Congress staff Anya Creightney and Guy Lamolinara after the "American Conversations" event at the South Lafourche Public Library in Cut Off, LA. December 15, 2018. Credit: Kevin Rabalais.