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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 .
Natasha Trethewey: Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir: 2022 Hanif Abdurraqib: A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance: Winner [23] [24] Keisha N. Blain Ibram X. Kendi: Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019: Finalist [23] [24] Kristen Radtke: Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness ...
Natasha Trethewey: Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir: 2022 Tiya Miles: All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake [13] [14] George Makari: Of Fear and Strangers: A History of Xenophobia: 2023 Matthew F. Delmont: Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad [20 ...
Natasha Trethewey: Memorial Drive [14] 2022 Children's Aliya King Neil with Charly Palmer (illus.) Keep Your Head Up [16] [17] Fiction Wiley Cash: When Ghosts Come Home [16] [17] Nonfiction Margaret Renkl: Graceland, At Last [16] [17] 2023 Children's Antwan Eady with Gracey Zhang (illus.) Nigel and the Moon [18] [19] Fiction Silas House: Lark ...
In addition to the Legacy Awards, the Hurston/Wright board of directors may present Merit awards during the annual Legacy Award ceremony. The North Star Award pays homage to the significance of the North Star [5] for enslaved Africans, who looked to it as a guide to gaining freedom in the North.
The Chautauqua Prize is an annual American literary award established by the Chautauqua Institution in 2012. [1] [2] The winner receives US$7,500 and all travel and expenses for a one-week summer residency at Chautauqua. [2]
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey was U.S. Poet Laureate (2012–2014) and Poet Laureate of Mississippi (2012–2016).. Many of the states in the United States have established the post of poet laureate to which a prominent poet residing in the respective state is appointed.
Natasha Trethewey: Memorial Drive: Poetry Victoria Chang: OBIT: Lifetime Achievement Samuel R. Delany — Arthur C. Clarke Award: Laura Jean McKay: The Animals in That Country [181] Baillie Gifford Prize: Patrick Radden Keefe: Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty [182] BBC National Short Story Award: Lucy Caldwell: All the ...