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Natasha Trethewey (born April 26, 1966) is an American poet who served as United States Poet Laureate from 2012 to 2014. [1] She won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her 2006 collection Native Guard , [ 2 ] and is a former Poet Laureate of Mississippi .
The journal is published twice a year under the aegis of the Northwestern University Department of English and features fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, literary essays, reviews, a blog, and graphic art. The current faculty advisor for TriQuarterly is Natasha Trethewey. The TriQuarterly book imprint is published by Northwestern University Press.
Poet laureate Term began Term ended Appointed by Notes 1: Maude Willard Leet Prenshaw: 1963: 1971 (death) Gov. Ross Barnett [1]2: Louise Moss Montgomery: 1973: January 1978 (death)
The Cave Canem Prize helped launch the careers of such acclaimed poets as Natasha Trethewey and Tracy K. Smith. ... honor is to have Natural History selected for this prize by Natasha Trethewey
Beginning in 2005 and relaunching in 2016, The Cirlot Agency, located in Jackson, ran advertisements promoting the state's literary history as part of the Mississippi, Believe It! campaign. The campaign cited William Faulkner , Tennessee Williams , Richard Wright , and John Grisham as a few examples of Mississippi's literary heritage.
History's Lesson for Making Retirement More Meaningful. James Chappel / Made by History. January 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM. A woman visits her 97-year-old husband in a nursing home in Southfield, Mich ...
Where earlier work primarily championed a white, agrarian past, the efforts of such poets as Dave Smith, Charles Wright, Ellen Bryant Voigt, Yusef Komunyakaa, Jim Seay, Frank Stanford, Kate Daniels, James Applewhite, Betty Adcock, Rodney Jones, and former U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey have opened up the subject matter and form of ...
Writers whose work has appeared in the journal include William Gay, George Singleton, Natasha Trethewey, Walter Griffin, Anthony Grooms, Terry Kay, Judson Mitcham, and Marion Montgomery. [2] [3] The journal awards the Lamar York Prizes for Fiction and Nonfiction annually to a winning essay and story. [4]