Monday, May 24, 2010

Tracy K. Smith; A Chosen Protégé for the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative

One of the most talented poets of her times of African-American descent who is known far and wide for her inspiring literary works is Tracy K. Smith. The lady has excelled in the field of literature and her body of work has earned her critical acclaim from across the globe. More recently she has been chosen to be a protégé for the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative. Under the programme, Tracy K. Smith will be guided and honed by a veteran from the literary world for a period of one year. The enigmatic writer is one of the lucky eighteen people who have been chosen for the 2010/2011 Rolex initiative.

A Harvard graduate, Tracy K. Smith started writing as an undergraduate and soon realized her calling lay in exploring the wider avenues that writing had to offer. Having trained during the early years of her life under the likes [...] Read More at Melrose Jewelers.


- Written by John Lavit

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