The Slowdown

Host: Tracy Smith
Category:
Art & Literature > Literature
Storytelling > Various
Podcast Samples:
Telling My Father

Swimming in the Rain

About the Podcast

Produced in partnership with the Poetry Foundation. The host Tracy Smith described "The Slowdown" as “a conversation between the listener and whatever poem is up for the day”. She highlights works by American poets that she believes hold a great deal of significance and power. In a world that seems to not have time for curiosity and vulnerability, this podcast provides just that. Every weekday giving you different ways to see the world through poetry.

About the Host

Tracy Smith

Tracy K. Smith is one of the most celebrated poets of our time. She served as the 22nd United States Poet Laureate from 2017 to 2019, and is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir Ordinary Light and several books of poetry, including her Pulitzer Prize-winning collection Life on Mars. She is the director of the Creative Writing Program at Princeton University, and hosts The Slowdown.

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