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| Author | Tracy K. Smith |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Memoir |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
Publication date | April 2, 2015 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print, Ebook |
| Pages | 368 |
| Awards | Finalist, National Book Award for Nonfiction |
| ISBN | 978-0-307-96266-9 (hardcover) |
| Website | Ordinary Light at Penguin Random House |
Ordinary Light: A Memoir is a 2015 book by poet Tracy K. Smith. It describes Smith's upbringing as a middle-class black girl, especially her close relationship with her mother, and then her mother’s illness and death while Smith was in college. Ordinary Light was a finalist for the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction.