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Tag: Natasha Trethewey
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Library of Congress Appoints Natasha Trethewey To Second Term as U.S. Poet Laureate News from the Library of Congress The Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 2013-06-10 Trethewey Will Launch Project as Part of the PBS NewsHour Poetry Series Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has appointed Natasha Trethewey to serve a second term as U.S.…
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The Public Life of Poetry: An Interview with Natasha Trethewey Los Angeles Review of Books 2013-06-11 Jennifer Chang 1. THE STORY OF NATASHA TRETHEWEY’s life as a poet began with her mother’s death. Until then, though her father is a poet, poetry had not figured in her future plans. She was a 19-year-old college student…
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Special Event: An Evening with U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey The Newseum Walter and Leonore Annenberg Theater 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001 Telephone: 888/NEWSEUM (888/639-7386) Tuesday, 2013-04-16, 23:00Z (19:00 EDT Local Time, 16:00 PDT) This event will be streamed live on Newseum.org The 19th U.S. Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, Natasha Trethewey will read selections…
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An Evening with Our New Poet Laureate MixedRaceStudies.org 2012-09-16 Steven F. Riley 2012-2013 U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey at Library of Congress (2012-09-13).©2012, Steven F. Riley Natasha Trethewey is preoccupied about race. It is a fruitful preoccupation for which we all should be grateful. [View the inaugural reading transcript here.] Last Thursday, Emory University Professor Trethewey gave…
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Enlightenment Poetry Daily 2012-10-09 From Thrall by Natasha Trethewey, Poet Laureate of the United States In the portrait of Jefferson that hangs at Monticello, he is rendered two-toned: his forehead white with illumination— a lit bulb—the rest of his face in shadow, darkened as if the artist meant to contrast his bright knowledge,…
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US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey on the legacy of the Civil War The Washington Post 2013-01-30 Ron Charles One hundred and fifty years later, Americans are still fighting the Civil War, US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey said at the Library of Congress on Wednesday. The field of battle is now historical memory, and gatling guns…
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Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey Will Read Civil War Poems Jan. 30 The Library of Congress News Releases Washington, D.C. 2013-01-04 Press contact: Donna Urschel (202) 707-1639 Public contact: Robert Casper (202) 707-5394 U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey will read selections from her Pulitzer Prize-winning collection “Native Guard,” in commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the Civil…
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The nation’s poet The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Personal Journeys 2012-10-06 Rosalind Bentley, Arts and Culture writer Personal Journeys is a new weekly feature for readers who like good writing and good story-telling The National Book Festival along the Mall in Washington is thronged with readers and authors who’ve come to revel in the written word on…
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Poet Laureate Inaugural Reading Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building (ground floor) (view map) 10 First Street, SE Washington, D.C. 2012-09-13, 19:00 EDT (Local Time) Natasha Trethewey, the 19th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry of the Library of Congress, will kick off the Library’s literary season with a reading. The event is free…
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‘Thrall’ by Natasha Trethewey, the poet laureate of the United States The Washington Post 2012-09-13 Elizabeth Lund Thrall. By Natasha Trethewey. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 84 pp. Natasha Trethewey’s “Thrall” is a must-read collection that equals the power and quality of her third book, “Native Guard,” which won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize . “Thrall” also demonstrates…