Tracy K. Smith named new U.S. poet laureate

Tracy K. Smith is taking on a very public role as the nation's poet laureate. More

Tracy K. Smith, a writer and teacher, is taking on a very public role as the nation's poet laureate. Jeffrey Brown sits down with Smith to discuss how language can be a tool of revelation, her reflections on race in America, her teaching philosophy and why we still need poetry.

AIR DATE 6/14/17