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Friday, July 5 2019

• As Poet Laureate, Tracy K. Smith Hit the Road July 5, 2019

  Serving as Poet Laureate, Smith took literature to community centers, senior centers, prisons&mdash;anywhere people needed it.&nbsp; (article)

• Aaron Sorkin Kills a Mockingbird, and Tracy K. Smith Takes a Journey July 5, 2019

  The director on adapting a 1960 classic to the 2019 Broadway stage. And the former Poet Laureate on bringing poems to the public.&nbsp; (episode)

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  • Aaron Sorkin Rewrites “To Kill a Mockingbird” July 5, 2019

    Adapting a classic novel for the stage, the writer had a few bones to pick with the heroic figure of Atticus Finch.

  • As Poet Laureate, Tracy K. Smith Hit the Road July 5, 2019

    Serving as Poet Laureate, Smith took literature to community centers, senior centers, prisons&mdash;anywhere people needed it.&nbsp;

  • Ocean Vuong at the Food Court July 5, 2019

    The author of the best-selling autobiographical novel &ldquo;On Earth We&rsquo;re Briefly Gorgeous&rdquo; visits the food court at a largely Asian mall in Queens that reminds him of home.&nbsp;