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Questions of Practice: Poet and Performer Tracie Morris on “Serving Her Muse”

Tracie Morris works extensively as a singer, sound artist, writer, bandleader, and actor. Her installations have been presented at The Museum of Modern Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Whitney Biennial, and the New Museum, among others. Morris is the founding professor and coordinator of performance and performance studies at the Pratt Institute, and a former creative writing fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. She served as a Pew Fellowships evaluator in 2016, and a Pew Fellowships panelist in 2013 and 2017.