Alyse Nelson is president and CEO of Vital Voices Global Partnership. A cofounder of Vital Voices, Alyse has worked for the organization for over 20 years, serving as vice president and senior director of programs before assuming her current role in 2009. Under her leadership, Vital Voices has expanded its reach to serve over 18,000 women leaders across 182 countries.
Previously, Alyse served as deputy director of the State Department’s Vital Voices Global Democracy Initiative and worked with the President’s Interagency Council on Women at the White House. Alyse is a Member on the Council on Foreign Relations, and serves as a Board Member of Running Start, RAD-AID and Black Trans Femmes in the Arts Collective. Alyse is on the Advisory Board of Chime for Change and Global Citizen. Newsweek Magazine named Alyse one of the 150 Women Shaking the World, Fortune Magazine featured her as one of the 55 Most Influential Women on Twitter and Apolitical named her as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Global Gender Policy. Her work has been honored with awards such as the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Award and Foreign Policy’s Citizen Diplomat of the Year Award.
Alyse is the author of the best-selling book Vital Voices: The Power of Women Leading Change Around the World and editor of Vital Voices:100 Women Using Their Power to Empower. She received her MA from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and BA from Emerson College.
Alyse Nelson is president and CEO of Vital Voices Global Partnership. A cofounder of Vital Voices, Alyse has worked for the organization for over 20 years, serving as vice president and senior director of programs before assuming her current role in 2009. Under her leadership, Vital Voices has expanded its reach to serve over 18,000 women leaders across 182 countries.
Previously, Alyse served as deputy director of the State Department’s Vital Voices Global Democracy Initiative and worked with the President’s Interagency Council on Women at the White House. Alyse is a Member on the Council on Foreign Relations, and serves as a Board Member of Running Start, RAD-AID and Black Trans Femmes in the Arts Collective. Alyse is on the Advisory Board of Chime for Change and Global Citizen. Newsweek Magazine named Alyse one of the 150 Women Shaking the World, Fortune Magazine featured her as one of the 55 Most Influential Women on Twitter and Apolitical named her as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Global Gender Policy. Her work has been honored with awards such as the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Award and Foreign Policy’s Citizen Diplomat of the Year Award.
Alyse is the author of the best-selling book Vital Voices: The Power of Women Leading Change Around the World and editor of Vital Voices:100 Women Using Their Power to Empower. She received her MA from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and BA from Emerson College.
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Condoleezza Rice is the Tad and Dianne Taube Director of the Hoover Institution and the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy. In addition, she is a founding partner of Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC, an international strategic consulting firm.
Rice served as the 66th United States secretary of state from 2005 to 2009 and as the 20th United States national security advisor from 2001 to 2005. A member of the Republican Party, Rice was the first female African-American secretary of state and the first woman to serve as National Security Advisor.
Rice was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and grew up while the South was racially segregated. She obtained her bachelor’s degree from the University of Denver and her master’s degree in political science from the University of Notre Dame. In 1981 she received a PhD from the School of International Studies at the University of Denver. She worked at the State Department under the Carter administration and served on the National Security Council as the Soviet and Eastern Europe Affairs Advisor to President George H. W. Bush. Rice later pursued an academic fellowship at Stanford University, where she later served as provost from 1993 to 1999. On December 17, 2000, she joined the Bush administration as President George W. Bush’s National Security Advisor. In Bush’s second term, she succeeded Colin Powell as Secretary of State. She was the second female secretary of state, after Madeleine Albright.
Condoleezza Rice is the Tad and Dianne Taube Director of the Hoover Institution and the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy. In addition, she is a founding partner of Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC, an international strategic consulting firm.
Rice served as the 66th United States secretary of state from 2005 to 2009 and as the 20th United States national security advisor from 2001 to 2005. A member of the Republican Party, Rice was the first female African-American secretary of state and the first woman to serve as National Security Advisor.
Rice was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and grew up while the South was racially segregated. She obtained her bachelor’s degree from the University of Denver and her master’s degree in political science from the University of Notre Dame. In 1981 she received a PhD from the School of International Studies at the University of Denver. She worked at the State Department under the Carter administration and served on the National Security Council as the Soviet and Eastern Europe Affairs Advisor to President George H. W. Bush. Rice later pursued an academic fellowship at Stanford University, where she later served as provost from 1993 to 1999. On December 17, 2000, she joined the Bush administration as President George W. Bush’s National Security Advisor. In Bush’s second term, she succeeded Colin Powell as Secretary of State. She was the second female secretary of state, after Madeleine Albright.
Jacqueline Novogratz is the New York Times best-selling author of The Blue Sweater. Her second book, Manifesto for a Moral Revolution: Practices to Build a Better World, was published in May 2020.
In 2001, Jacqueline founded Acumen with the idea of investing philanthropic patient capital in entrepreneurs seeking to solve the toughest issues of poverty. As a pioneer of impact investing, Acumen and its investments have brought critical services like healthcare, education and clean energy to hundreds of millions of low-income people. After supporting hundreds of entrepreneurs, Jacqueline and her team recognized character as the crucial ingredient for success; in 2020, they launched Acumen Academy to instruct others in global social change.
Under Jacqueline’s leadership, Acumen also has launched several for-profit impact funds designed to invest at the intersection of poverty and climate change, and has spun off 60 Decibels, founded on the principle that serving all stakeholders is as important as enriching shareholders.
Jacqueline has been named one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy, one of the 25 Smartest People of the Decade by the Daily Beast, and one of the world’s 100 Greatest Living Business Minds by Forbes, which also honored her with the Forbes 400 Lifetime Achievement Award for Social Entrepreneurship. In addition to her work with Acumen, she is a sought-after speaker and sits on a number of philanthropic boards. She lives in New York City with her husband.
Jacqueline Novogratz is the New York Times best-selling author of The Blue Sweater. Her second book, Manifesto for a Moral Revolution: Practices to Build a Better World, was published in May 2020.
In 2001, Jacqueline founded Acumen with the idea of investing philanthropic patient capital in entrepreneurs seeking to solve the toughest issues of poverty. As a pioneer of impact investing, Acumen and its investments have brought critical services like healthcare, education and clean energy to hundreds of millions of low-income people. After supporting hundreds of entrepreneurs, Jacqueline and her team recognized character as the crucial ingredient for success; in 2020, they launched Acumen Academy to instruct others in global social change.
Under Jacqueline’s leadership, Acumen also has launched several for-profit impact funds designed to invest at the intersection of poverty and climate change, and has spun off 60 Decibels, founded on the principle that serving all stakeholders is as important as enriching shareholders.
Jacqueline has been named one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy, one of the 25 Smartest People of the Decade by the Daily Beast, and one of the world’s 100 Greatest Living Business Minds by Forbes, which also honored her with the Forbes 400 Lifetime Achievement Award for Social Entrepreneurship. In addition to her work with Acumen, she is a sought-after speaker and sits on a number of philanthropic boards. She lives in New York City with her husband.
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Jane Nathanson is a psychologist and licensed clinical marriage and family therapist. She is a trustee at UCLA Medical Center, where she founded the Nathanson Family Resilience Center at UCLA’s Neuropsychiatric Hospital, and chairs the Jane and Marc Nathanson Family FoundaCon. She was a Director of the American FoundaCon for AIDS Research and a former member of the State of California Board of Behavioral Sciences. She holds a BA from the University of Denver, where she was a past member of the Board of Trustees, and an MA from the California Graduate InsCtute. Mrs. Nathanson was elected to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Board of Trustees in October 2004. She is one of the original Founders and Trustees, and former Vice Chairman of the Board, of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and is on the NaConal Board of the Aspen Art Museum. She is acCve in numerous civic and charitable organizaCons including democraCc poliCcs, having served as a delegate at two former democraCc presidenCal convenCons. In all her work she has strived to empower women to achieve their full potenCal both personally and professionally.
Mrs. Nathanson’s daughter, Nicole, is an acCve member of Visionary Women, lending her Cme and effort wherever possible. Jane and her husband, Marc, have three children and eight grandchildren and reside in Los Angeles and Aspen.
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Jane Nathanson is a psychologist and licensed clinical marriage and family therapist. She is a trustee at UCLA Medical Center, where she founded the Nathanson Family Resilience Center at UCLA’s Neuropsychiatric Hospital, and chairs the Jane and Marc Nathanson Family FoundaCon. She was a Director of the American FoundaCon for AIDS Research and a former member of the State of California Board of Behavioral Sciences. She holds a BA from the University of Denver, where she was a past member of the Board of Trustees, and an MA from the California Graduate InsCtute. Mrs. Nathanson was elected to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Board of Trustees in October 2004. She is one of the original Founders and Trustees, and former Vice Chairman of the Board, of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and is on the NaConal Board of the Aspen Art Museum. She is acCve in numerous civic and charitable organizaCons including democraCc poliCcs, having served as a delegate at two former democraCc presidenCal convenCons. In all her work she has strived to empower women to achieve their full potenCal both personally and professionally.
Mrs. Nathanson’s daughter, Nicole, is an acCve member of Visionary Women, lending her Cme and effort wherever possible. Jane and her husband, Marc, have three children and eight grandchildren and reside in Los Angeles and Aspen.
Katie Couric is an award-winning journalist, New York Times best-selling author and a co- founder of Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C). Since its launch in 2008, Stand Up To Cancer has raised more than $600 million to support cutting-edge collaborative science.
In 2017, she founded Katie Couric Media. KCM works with purpose driven brands to create premium content that addresses important social issues like gender equality, environmental sustainability and mental health. Previous documentaries produced by KCM include: America Inside Out with Katie Couric, Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric, Under the Gun, and Fed Up. Couric was also the executive producer of Unbelievable on Netflix and is developing other scripted projects.
Couric was the first woman to solo anchor a network evening newscast, serving as anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News, following 15-years as co-anchor of NBC’s Today show. She also hosted a syndicated show and served as the Yahoo Global News Anchor until 2017.
She has won a duPont-Columbia, a Peabody, two Edward R. Murrows, a Walter Cronkite Award, and multiple Emmys. She was twice named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people and was a Glamour Magazine woman of the year three times. She has also received numerous awards for her cancer advocacy work; honored by both the Harvard and Columbia schools of public health, the American Cancer Society and The American Association of Cancer Researchers.
In addition to writing The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons from Extraordinary Lives Couric’s memoir will be published in the Fall of 2021.
Katie Couric is an award-winning journalist, New York Times best-selling author and a co- founder of Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C). Since its launch in 2008, Stand Up To Cancer has raised more than $600 million to support cutting-edge collaborative science.
In 2017, she founded Katie Couric Media. KCM works with purpose driven brands to create premium content that addresses important social issues like gender equality, environmental sustainability and mental health. Previous documentaries produced by KCM include: America Inside Out with Katie Couric, Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric, Under the Gun, and Fed Up. Couric was also the executive producer of Unbelievable on Netflix and is developing other scripted projects.
Couric was the first woman to solo anchor a network evening newscast, serving as anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News, following 15-years as co-anchor of NBC’s Today show. She also hosted a syndicated show and served as the Yahoo Global News Anchor until 2017.
She has won a duPont-Columbia, a Peabody, two Edward R. Murrows, a Walter Cronkite Award, and multiple Emmys. She was twice named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people and was a Glamour Magazine woman of the year three times. She has also received numerous awards for her cancer advocacy work; honored by both the Harvard and Columbia schools of public health, the American Cancer Society and The American Association of Cancer Researchers.
In addition to writing The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons from Extraordinary Lives Couric’s memoir will be published in the Fall of 2021.
2011 Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee is a Liberian peace activist, trained social worker and women’s rights advocate.
She is the founder and President of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa, which provides educational and leadership opportunities to girls, women and youth in West Africa. She currently serves as Executive Director of the Women, Peace and Security Program at Columbia University’s Earth Institute. Ms. Gbowee is the founding head of the Liberia Reconciliation Initiative, and co-founder and former Executive Director of Women Peace and Security Network Africa (WIPSEN-A). She is also a founding member and former Liberian Coordinator of Women in Peacebuilding Network/West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WIPNET/WANEP). She travels internationally to advocate for human rights and peace & security.
Ms. Gbowee’s leadership of the Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace – which brought together Christian and Muslim women in a nonviolent movement that played a pivotal role in ending Liberia’s civil war in 2003 – is chronicled in her memoir, Mighty Be Our Powers, and in the award-winning documentary, Pray the Devil Back to Hell. She holds an M.A. in Conflict Transformation and a Doctor of Laws honoris causa.
Ms. Gbowee serves as a Sustainable Development Goals Advocate for the United Nations and, she was selected by the UN Secretary General to serve as a Member of his High Level Advisory Board on Mediation. She is a Member of the World Refugee Council and serves on the board of the Nobel Women’s Initiative.
2011 Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee is a Liberian peace activist, trained social worker and women’s rights advocate.
She is the founder and President of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa, which provides educational and leadership opportunities to girls, women and youth in West Africa. She currently serves as Executive Director of the Women, Peace and Security Program at Columbia University’s Earth Institute. Ms. Gbowee is the founding head of the Liberia Reconciliation Initiative, and co-founder and former Executive Director of Women Peace and Security Network Africa (WIPSEN-A). She is also a founding member and former Liberian Coordinator of Women in Peacebuilding Network/West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WIPNET/WANEP). She travels internationally to advocate for human rights and peace & security.
Ms. Gbowee’s leadership of the Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace – which brought together Christian and Muslim women in a nonviolent movement that played a pivotal role in ending Liberia’s civil war in 2003 – is chronicled in her memoir, Mighty Be Our Powers, and in the award-winning documentary, Pray the Devil Back to Hell. She holds an M.A. in Conflict Transformation and a Doctor of Laws honoris causa.
Ms. Gbowee serves as a Sustainable Development Goals Advocate for the United Nations and, she was selected by the UN Secretary General to serve as a Member of his High Level Advisory Board on Mediation. She is a Member of the World Refugee Council and serves on the board of the Nobel Women’s Initiative.
chair of Albright Stonebridge Group
& Albright Capital Management
Madeleine K. Albright is a professor, author, diplomat and businesswoman who served as the 64th Secretary of State of the United States. In 1997, she was named the first female Secretary of State and became, at that time, the highest ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government. From 1993 to 1997, Dr. Albright served as the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations and was a member of the President’s Cabinet. She is a Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. Dr. Albright is Chair of Albright Stonebridge Group, a global strategy firm, and Chair of Albright Capital Management LLC, an investment advisory firm focused on emerging markets. She also chairs the National Democratic Institute, serves as the president of the Truman Scholarship Foundation and is Honorary Chair of the World Refugee & Migration Council. In 2012, she was chosen by President Obama to receive the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in recognition of her contributions to international peace and democracy.
Dr. Albright is a seven-time New York Times bestselling author. Her most recent book, Hell and Other Destinations was published in April 2020. Her other books include: her autobiography, Madam Secretary: A Memoir (2003); The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs (2006); Memo to the President: How We Can Restore America’s Reputation and Leadership (2008); Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat’s Jewel Box (2009); Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948 (2012), and Fascism: A Warning (2018).
chair of Albright Stonebridge Group
& Albright Capital Management
Madeleine K. Albright is a professor, author, diplomat and businesswoman who served as the 64th Secretary of State of the United States. In 1997, she was named the first female Secretary of State and became, at that time, the highest ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government. From 1993 to 1997, Dr. Albright served as the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations and was a member of the President’s Cabinet. She is a Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. Dr. Albright is Chair of Albright Stonebridge Group, a global strategy firm, and Chair of Albright Capital Management LLC, an investment advisory firm focused on emerging markets. She also chairs the National Democratic Institute, serves as the president of the Truman Scholarship Foundation and is Honorary Chair of the World Refugee & Migration Council. In 2012, she was chosen by President Obama to receive the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in recognition of her contributions to international peace and democracy.
Dr. Albright is a seven-time New York Times bestselling author. Her most recent book, Hell and Other Destinations was published in April 2020. Her other books include: her autobiography, Madam Secretary: A Memoir (2003); The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs (2006); Memo to the President: How We Can Restore America’s Reputation and Leadership (2008); Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat’s Jewel Box (2009); Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948 (2012), and Fascism: A Warning (2018).
Ambassador Verveer is currently the Director of the Georgetown Institute of Women, Peace and Security.
She formerly served as the first U.S. Ambassador for Global Women’s Issues, a position to which she was nominated by President Obama in 2009. She coordinated foreign policy issues and activities relating to the political, economic and social advancement of women, traveling to nearly sixty countries and developing the U.S. National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security.
President Obama also appointed her to serve as the U.S. Representative to the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Ambassador Verveer also currently serves as the Special Representative on Gender Issues for the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office.
Ambassador Verveer is currently the Director of the Georgetown Institute of Women, Peace and Security.
She formerly served as the first U.S. Ambassador for Global Women’s Issues, a position to which she was nominated by President Obama in 2009. She coordinated foreign policy issues and activities relating to the political, economic and social advancement of women, traveling to nearly sixty countries and developing the U.S. National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security.
President Obama also appointed her to serve as the U.S. Representative to the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Ambassador Verveer also currently serves as the Special Representative on Gender Issues for the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office.
Pat Mitchell is the editorial director of TEDWomen. Throughout her career as a journalist, Emmy-winning producer and pioneering executive, she has focused on sharing women’s stories.
She is chair of the Sundance Institute and the Women’s Media Center boards and a trustee of the VDAY movement, the Skoll Foundation and the The Woodruff Arts Center. She is an advisor to Participant Media and served as a congressional appointment to The American Museum of Women’s History Advisory Council.
Pat Mitchell is the editorial director of TEDWomen. Throughout her career as a journalist, Emmy-winning producer and pioneering executive, she has focused on sharing women’s stories.
She is chair of the Sundance Institute and the Women’s Media Center boards and a trustee of the VDAY movement, the Skoll Foundation and the The Woodruff Arts Center. She is an advisor to Participant Media and served as a congressional appointment to The American Museum of Women’s History Advisory Council.
Sarah Haacke Byrd is Executive Director Women Moving Millions, a global membership community of over 340 philanthropists who have committed nearly $800M to organizations and initiatives benefiting women and girls. In her role, Sarah is responsible for building strategy and scale around WMM’s mission for greater impact in gender equality, including the recent successful launch of their new $100 million campaign.
Sarah came to WMM with 20 years’ experience building, guiding, and leading non-profit organizations in Boston, Washington, D.C., and New York dedicated to expanding civil rights, promoting civic education, reforming the criminal justice system, and ending sexual violence.
Prior to joining WMM, Sarah served as Managing Director of the Joyful Heart Foundation, where she received national recognition for leading the campaign to eliminate the backlog of hundreds of thousands of untested rape kits in the U.S. Sarah is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and holds a Masters in Positive Organizational Development from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.
Sarah was a founding board member of The Hive Fund for Climate and Gender Justice is a 2021 Civil Society Fellow, a partnership of The Aspen Institute and ADL, and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.
Sarah Haacke Byrd is Executive Director Women Moving Millions, a global membership community of over 340 philanthropists who have committed nearly $800M to organizations and initiatives benefiting women and girls. In her role, Sarah is responsible for building strategy and scale around WMM’s mission for greater impact in gender equality, including the recent successful launch of their new $100 million campaign.
Sarah came to WMM with 20 years’ experience building, guiding, and leading non-profit organizations in Boston, Washington, D.C., and New York dedicated to expanding civil rights, promoting civic education, reforming the criminal justice system, and ending sexual violence.
Prior to joining WMM, Sarah served as Managing Director of the Joyful Heart Foundation, where she received national recognition for leading the campaign to eliminate the backlog of hundreds of thousands of untested rape kits in the U.S. Sarah is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and holds a Masters in Positive Organizational Development from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.
Sarah was a founding board member of The Hive Fund for Climate and Gender Justice is a 2021 Civil Society Fellow, a partnership of The Aspen Institute and ADL, and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.
Tawakkol Karman was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011, in recognition for her non-violent struggle for democracy and her advocacy for women’s rights in Yemen.
Karman has been imprisoned on a number of occasions for her pro-democracy, pro-human rights protests. Amongst Yemen’s Youth movement, she is known as “mother of the revolution”, “the iron woman”, and the Lady of the Arab Spring.
She is a human rights activist, journalist, politician, the Founder Peaceful Youth Revolution Council, and the Founder of Tawakkol Karman International Foundation.
TIME Magazine described her as a ‘Torchbearer of the Arab Spring’ and named her both one of the 100 most influential women defining the last century and one of the Most Rebellious Women in History.
She was member of the High-Level Panel of eminent persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
She is now board member of the Facebook oversight board, and Nobel Women initiative.
Tawakkol Karman was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011, in recognition for her non-violent struggle for democracy and her advocacy for women’s rights in Yemen.
Karman has been imprisoned on a number of occasions for her pro-democracy, pro-human rights protests. Amongst Yemen’s Youth movement, she is known as “mother of the revolution”, “the iron woman”, and the Lady of the Arab Spring.
She is a human rights activist, journalist, politician, the Founder Peaceful Youth Revolution Council, and the Founder of Tawakkol Karman International Foundation.
TIME Magazine described her as a ‘Torchbearer of the Arab Spring’ and named her both one of the 100 most influential women defining the last century and one of the Most Rebellious Women in History.
She was member of the High-Level Panel of eminent persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
She is now board member of the Facebook oversight board, and Nobel Women initiative.
Tracy K. Smith received the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for her third book of poems, Life on Mars. The collection draws upon the genre of science fiction in considering who we humans are and what the vast universe holds for us. Life on Mars was a New York Times Notable Book, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, and a New Yorker, Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year.
Smith’s debut collection, The Body’s Question, won the Cave Canem Prize for the best first book by an African American poet. Straddling languages, speakers, and geographies, the poems bear witness to love, loss, and belonging while laying claim to a large and nimble sense of identity.
Duende, Smith’s second book, received the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets. The collection takes its title from a term Federico Garcia Lorca brought into broad parlance. The duende is the wild, unpredictable and oftentimes dangerous energy an artist might seek to conjure up and contend with.
In her memoir, Ordinary Light, Smith explores her own experience of race, religion, and the death of her mother shortly after Smith graduated from Harvard. The book was a finalist for the National Book Award, and named a Notable Book by both the New York Times and Washington Post.
Smith served two terms as Poet Laureate of the United States. She edited the anthology American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time during her laureateship, and launched the American Public Media podcast The Slowdown. Smith is the Roger S. Berlind ’52 Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University, and Chair of Princeton’s Lewis Center for the Arts.
Tracy K. Smith received the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for her third book of poems, Life on Mars. The collection draws upon the genre of science fiction in considering who we humans are and what the vast universe holds for us. Life on Mars was a New York Times Notable Book, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, and a New Yorker, Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year.
Smith’s debut collection, The Body’s Question, won the Cave Canem Prize for the best first book by an African American poet. Straddling languages, speakers, and geographies, the poems bear witness to love, loss, and belonging while laying claim to a large and nimble sense of identity.
Duende, Smith’s second book, received the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets. The collection takes its title from a term Federico Garcia Lorca brought into broad parlance. The duende is the wild, unpredictable and oftentimes dangerous energy an artist might seek to conjure up and contend with.
In her memoir, Ordinary Light, Smith explores her own experience of race, religion, and the death of her mother shortly after Smith graduated from Harvard. The book was a finalist for the National Book Award, and named a Notable Book by both the New York Times and Washington Post.
Smith served two terms as Poet Laureate of the United States. She edited the anthology American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time during her laureateship, and launched the American Public Media podcast The Slowdown. Smith is the Roger S. Berlind ’52 Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University, and Chair of Princeton’s Lewis Center for the Arts.
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