Poetry2011

Life on Mars

Tracy K. Smith
Themes:
Overview
Region

Diaspora

USA

Era

Contemporary

Language

English

Genre

Poetry

About This Work

Pulitzer Prize-winning collection meditating on the universe, David Bowie, her father's work on the Hubble Space Telescope, and mortality. Space becomes a lens for examining grief and wonder.

Literary Significance

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry; Smith served as US Poet Laureate

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