Film, Video Necessary Utterance: Poetry as Cultural Force (Trethewey)
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Title
- Necessary Utterance: Poetry as Cultural Force (Trethewey)
Summary
- Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry Natasha Trethewey delivers her final lecture, "Necessary Utterance: Poetry as Cultural Force," closing the spring literary season at the Library of Congress.
Event Date
- May 01, 2013
Notes
- - Natasha Trethewey was born in Gulfport, Mississippi on April 26, 1966. She is the author of four poetry collections and a book of creative non-fiction. Her honors include the Pulitzer Prize and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2012, she was appointed the State Poet Laureate of Mississippi.
Related Resources
- Poetry & Literature at the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/poetry/
Running Time
- 1 hours 26 minutes 4 seconds
Online Format
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