ORDINARY LIGHT by Tracy K. Smith (Knopf, March 2015) The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet’s first work of prose, just longlisted for a National Book Award An Amazon Best Book of the Month (Memoir and Biography, March 2015); ranked and Brilliant” in New York Magazine’s Approval Matrix “Highbrow (March 9, 2015); New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice (May 10, 2015) LIGHT is a lyrical, evocative and poignant memoir that is “ORDINARY the best of that genre. [Smith] holds the child she was in her adult hands, examining the things that bridge the two: memory, parents, siblings, time—and of course her extraordinary eye. The result is something quite beautiful.” Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone – gracefully nuanced yet strikingly candid memoir about family, “A faith, race, and literature…meticulously structured, philosophically inquisitive.” Booklist (starred review) – CHILDREN’S & YA TITLES JONATHAN AUXIER
ORDINARY LIGHT by Tracy K. Smith (Knopf, March 2015) The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet’s first work of prose, just longlisted for a National Book Award An Amazon Best Book of the Month (Memoir and Biography, March 2015); ranked “Highbrow and Brilliant” in New York Magazine’s Approval Matrix (March 9, 2015); New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice (May 10, 2015) “ORDINARY LIGHT is a lyrical, evocative and poignant memoir that is the best of that genre. [Smith] holds the child she was in her adult hands, examining the things that bridge the two: memory, parents, siblings, time—and of course her extraordinary eye. The result is something quite beautiful.” – Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone “A gracefully nuanced yet strikingly candid memoir about family, faith, race, and literature…meticulously structured, philosophically inquisitive.” – Booklist (starred review) CHILDREN’S & YA TITLES JONATHAN AUXIER
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