Episode 40 - US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith Visits Kentucky

Host Bill Goodman welcomes U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith to Kentucky as part of her National Project Rural Tour of America. Bill is also joined by Robert Casper, who heads the Poetry & Literature Division of the Center for the Book of the Library of Congress. Tracy and Robert reflect on their visits to Bowling Green, Glasgow, and New Haven, and describe their appreciation for the Kentuckians who engaged in a thoughtful discussion of poetry and their experiences in rural Kentucky. Bill also speaks with Maurice Manning, a noted Kentucky poet and professor in the Department of English at Transylvania University. Maurice discusses the importance of having a poet of such magnitude visit rural Kentucky.