An Evening with U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey

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Recorded30 Nov 2012

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Meditations on captivity, knowledge and inheritance permeate Trethewey’s poems, as she reflects on her own interracial, complicated—and utterly American—roots. This brilliant and fearless poet masterfully gives a voice to the past and present as she explores human struggles we face in common.

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