Natasha Trethewey

Natasha Trethewey
Natasha Trethewey during book signing at the University of Michigan

Natasha Trethewey (b. 1966) is an American poet who won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for her 2006 collection, Native Guard.[1]

Trethewey was born in Gulfport, Mississippi.[2] She earned the A.B. in English from the University of Georgia, an M.A. in poetry from Hollins University, and an M.F.A. in poetry from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst (1995).[3] In May 2010, Hollins University awarded Trethewey with a Doctor of Letters honoris causa during the university's 168th Commencement Exercises. In December 2007, she received the same honor from Delta State University in her native Mississippi. She holds the Phillis Wheatley Distinguished Chair in Poetry at Emory University.[4]

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Bibliography

  • Domestic Work. Graywolf Press. 2000. ISBN 9781555973094.  (Poetry)
  • Bellocq's Ophelia. Graywolf Press. 2002. ISBN 9781555973599. [3] (Poetry)
  • Native Guard. Houghton Mifflin. 2006. ISBN 9780618872657.  (Poetry)
  • Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. University of Georgia Press. 2010. ISBN 9780820333816.  (Poetry, essays, and letters)

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