Ordinary Light: A Memoir

Ordinary Light: A Memoir

<p><b>One of the Best Books of the Year</b><br><b><i>The New York Times • The Washington Post •</i> <i>San Francisco Chronicle • Denver Post • </i>Oprah.com</b><br><br>In <i>Ordinary Light,</i> Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Tracy K. Smith tells her remarkable story, giving us a quietly potent memoir that explores her coming-of-age and the meaning of home against a complex backdrop of race, faith, and the unbreakable bond between a mother and daughter. Here is the story of a young artist struggling to fashion her own understanding of belief, loss, history, and what it means to be black in America.</p>