Natasha Trethewey

Books by Natasha Trethewey

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Poems

by Natasha Trethewey
- Hardcover, 84 pages
Native Guard

by Natasha Trethewey
- Paperback, 51 pages
Beyond Katrina

A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast

by Natasha Trethewey
- Hardcover, 127 pages

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Well-Versed: Five Poets With Punch

by Kevin Young

January 03, 2013 7:00 AM

Poet Kevin Young picks out his favorite poetry books from 2012, including works from the U.S. poet laureate to up-and-coming writers.

Poet Laureate: 'Poetry's Always A Kind Of Faith'

June 08, 2012 8:43 AM

This week, the Library of Congress announced that Natasha Trethewey, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Native Guard, will be the next poet laureate of the United States. Trethewey, a native of Mississippi, is the first Southern poet laureate since 1986.

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Moving 'Beyond Katrina' Through Poetry And Prose

by W. Ralph Eubanks

August 25, 2010 4:00 PM

In a powerful memoir, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey surveys the storm-battered landscape of the place she once called home. Beyond Katrina is a powerful meditation on things long gone that will never come back.

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Mississippi Meditation: A Poet Looks 'Beyond Katrina'

August 18, 201012:00 PM

In a new memoir, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey revisits her own memories of the Gulf Coast region, and details how members of her family worked to rebuild their lives after the storm. She asks how the identity of the Gulf will be remembered — and how the region's stories will be told.

Natasha and Joe in front of Fort Massachussets, Ship Island, Mississippi, circa 1999

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Natasha Trethewey: If My Mom Could See Us Now

January 20, 2009 3:24 PM

Natasha Trethewey won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for poetry for her book Native Guard. Her parents had an interracial marriage while it was still illegal in Mississippi, and Tretheway's poetry often draws on her childhood as a biracial child in the south.

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Poet Natasha Trethewey, Hymning the Native Guard

July 16, 200710:47 AM

Natasha Trethewey was recently awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her poetry collection Native Guard. Trethewey grew up bi-racial in Mississippi, and her mother was murdered by her stepfather; these, along with the South, are recurring themes in her poetry.

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Natasha Trethewey

Books by Natasha Trethewey

Thrall

Poems

Native Guard

Beyond Katrina

A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast

Natasha Trethewey has written books about:

NPR stories about Natasha Trethewey

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Well-Versed: Five Poets With Punch

Poetry

Poet Laureate: 'Poetry's Always A Kind Of Faith'

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Moving 'Beyond Katrina' Through Poetry And Prose

Hurricane Katrina & Recovery Efforts

Mississippi Meditation: A Poet Looks 'Beyond Katrina'

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Natasha Trethewey: If My Mom Could See Us Now

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Poet Natasha Trethewey, Hymning the Native Guard

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Natasha Trethewey

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A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast

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