A review by alisse
To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul by Tracy K. Smith

emotional inspiring reflective

4.5

I have loved Smith’s poetry for years, and her prose is just as magical. Here she does what all good memoirs should do: tell the deeply personal while allowing for the reader to see themselves in it. The beauty of TO FREE THE CAPTIVES is the way in which Smith ties her own story and grief to that of the American experience, particularly as it applies to our history of racism and the complexity of life in the 21st century.