ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The U.S. poet laureate has embarked on the first of several trips to bring her poetry to rural pockets of the country where she says book festivals rarely take her. A tour of New Mexico marks Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy K. Smith’s first trip as part of a project she’s launched in her role as the nation’s 22nd poet laureate. Her tour began Thursday evening with a reading at Cannon Air Force Base outside Clovis, an agricultural town on the far eastern plains of New Mexico. She’ll complete her New Mexico trip with a visit to Santa Clara Pueblo, north of Santa Fe, on Saturday. The pueblo is a Native American community along the Rio Grande near the Jemez Mountains, and is home to some famed Native American potters and artists.

Source: National Post January 12, 2018 16:35 UTC