Cave Canem Foundation / Sapphire / Tracy K. Smith

Acclaimed novelist and poet Sapphire reads from her new novel ‘The Kid’ (Penguin, 2011), a follow up to her New York Times bestselling novel ‘Push,’ recently adapted for the screen as ‘Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire.’ She is joined by Cave Canem fellow and award-winning poet Tracy K. Smith, who reads from ‘Life on Mars’ (Graywolf, 2011), a new collection of poems called ‘vital and incomparable’ by Terrance Hayes. Reception and book signing to follow.