have presented themselves as sites for exploring aspects of the world that I'd like to understand more fully," [Tracy K.] Smith said. For example, the poem "Into the Moonless Night" is based on a story she read in The New York Times Magazine about four Ugandan high school girls who were abducted by rebel soldiers and forced to act as their wives, bear them children and also commit crimes. Ultimately, the women returned to their communities and had to find ways to fit in again.
from News at Princeton: Seeking the magic of poetry
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