Prof. Tracy Smith Wins Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (news item)

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<p>Princeton's</a> Tracy K. Smith wins Pulitzer Prize for poetry</p>

<p>“Tracy K. Smith, an assistant professor of creative writing in Princeton University's Lewis Center for the Arts, today won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for poetry for "Life on Mars," which the prize committee calls "a collection of bold, skillful poems, taking readers into the universe and moving them to an authentic mix of joy and pain." . . .</p>

<p>Other Pulitzer Prize winners on the Princeton faculty include Jeffrey Eugenides, Paul Muldoon and C.K. Williams, professors of creative writing in the Lewis Center; John McPhee, the Ferris Professor of Journalism; Toni Morrison, the Robert Goheen Professor in the Humanities Emeritus; and Paul Starr, the Stuart Professor of Communications and Public Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School and professor of sociology and public affairs.. . . (continued)”</p>

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<p>Here is an additional story about Prof. Smith’s poetry workshops at Princeton:</p>

<p>Princeton</a> University - Seeking the magic of poetry</p>

<p>Those interested in the arts at Princeton should also explore:</p>

<p>Welcome</a> - Lewis Center for the Arts</p>