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VSVS Live! at AWP E. Hughes and Luther Hughes vs. NostalgiaToday’s episode was recorded live at the Sims Library in Los Angeles, California during this year's AWP conference. Join Brittany and Ajanae as they sit down with E. Hughes and Luther Hughes (no relation) to discuss the role that intimacy plays in their writing, memory being true for the moment, the role of grief in the writing process, and moments of messiness in their collections. Until Next Time: Here is some media to accompany your experience of the episode and a writing prompt to tide you over until we meet again!Toni Morrison: Toni...2025-05-271h 03
The Mountain in UsExploring the Connecting Power and Beauty of Language with Hannah V. WarrenSend us a textHey, everyone. I enjoyed hosting Hannah V Warren on the podcast today. She’s a poet, translator, and keen observer of life. She's the author of the poetry collection Slaughterhouse for Old Wives' Tales and two chapbooks. Hannah is a creative force, full of originality, surprise, and depth, and it was such an honor to have her on the show. Hannah shared her journey into poetry, which began in rural South Mississippi, where she described having few opportunities to engage with poetry. It wasn’t until college, when she took an Intro...2025-03-2342 minVSChet’la Sebree vs. EtymologyWelcome to Season 9! On today’s episode of VS, Brittany and Ajanae chat with Chet’la Sebree about love, the origin of words and theory, chronic illness, vulnerability, and using language to explore our curiosities. Until Next Time: Here is some media to accompany your experience of the episode and a writing prompt to tide you over until we meet again!Natasha Tretheway: Natasha Trethewey’s Poems Take Wing on Intimate Details - The New York TimesShara McCallum FIELD STUDY: CHET'LA SEBREE IN CONVERSATION WITH SHARA MCCALLUMAllison Saar : #5WomenArtists Spotlight: Alison Saar - English with Aud...2025-03-181h 00
The Russell Moore ShowA Conversation with Pulitzer-Winning Poet Natasha Trethewey“Being able to be here and to tell this story—to weep about it occasionally—that is uplifting because what the story says is: ‘I'm still here. I have survived it. I have joy in my life because I have known such depths of despair.’ That is uplifting.”So says Natasha Trethewey, a Pulitzer Prize winner who has authored several books and served two terms as the Poet Laureate of the United States. Trethewey and Moore discuss their respective familial connections to the state of Mississippi, Hurricane Katrina, and the Gulf Coast. They talk about Trethewey’s lifelong desir...2025-01-0142 min
The Cry LoungeNatasha Trethewey - The House of Being: "An introduction to the world of knowledge lay open before me in the pages of a book."get the book here: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300265927/the-house-of-being/wow this was emotional and clear on the magic of writing and how empty pages make it unknown and also easy to face one’s grief and trauma.review from my goodreadsbook description:“An exquisite meditation on the geographies we inherit and the metaphors we inhabit, from Pulitzer Prize winner and nineteenth U.S. poet laureate Natasha Trethewey “Searching and intimate, this impresses.”—Publishers Weekly In a shotgun house in Gulfport, Mississippi, at the crossroads of Highway 49, the legendary highway of the Blues...2024-08-1714 min
The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily1153: Illumination by Natasha TretheweyToday’s poem is Illumination by Natasha Trethewey. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s elegant poem reads like a manifesto for those who rigorously annotate. For those who know that marking a book renders visible silent conversations.” Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp2024-07-0306 min
Breaking Form: a Poetry and Culture PodcastYour Next SeductionSupport Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books: Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series. James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books.Please consider supporting the poets we mention in today's show! If you need a good indie bookstore, we recommend Loyalty Bookstores, a DC-area Black-owned bookshop.Read Rick Hilles's "A Visionary's Company"Listen to Seduction's hit song "Two To Make It Right." Of the six songs on the 13-track Bodyguard soundtrack, Whitney Houston sings 6. Michelle Visage's group Th...2024-01-2228 minBreaking Form: a Poetry and Culture PodcastTrue Crime Part 2The queens talk more True Crime poems in an episode so good, it'll feel like you're breaking the law!Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books: Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series. James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books. Read Natasha Trethewey's "Imperatives for Carrying on in the Aftermath." Listen to Trethewey interviewed by NPR here--it's a riveting and utterly heartbreaking story.You can read Sharon Olds's poem "Photographs Courtesy of the Fall River Histori...2023-12-1129 min
LA Theatre WorksNative Guard (Part 3)This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.Based on Natasha Trethewey’s collection of poems, The Alliance Theatre’s production of Native Guard is both an elegy to her mother and a journey into Mississippi’s Civil War history. Trethewey’s work was the winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. This recording was produced with the generous support of The Poetry Foundation.Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in July 2018.Directed by Rosalind AyresProducing Director...2023-12-0622 minLA Theatre WorksNative Guard (Part 2)This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.Based on Natasha Trethewey’s collection of poems, The Alliance Theatre’s production of Native Guard is both an elegy to her mother and a journey into Mississippi’s Civil War history. Trethewey’s work was the winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. This recording was produced with the generous support of The Poetry Foundation.Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in July 2018.Directed by Rosalind AyresProducing Director...2023-12-0618 minLA Theatre WorksNative Guard (Part 1)This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.Based on Natasha Trethewey’s collection of poems, The Alliance Theatre’s production of Native Guard is both an elegy to her mother and a journey into Mississippi’s Civil War history. Trethewey’s work was the winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. This recording was produced with the generous support of The Poetry Foundation.Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in July 2018.Directed by Rosalind AyresProducing Director...2023-12-0623 min
sewakulDOWNLOAD [pdf] Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey DOWNLOAD [pdf] Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey Read Online Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey is a great book to read and that's why I recommend reading or downloading ebook Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir for free in any format with visit the link button below. **Read Book Here ==> https://wartakinclunganeras.blogspot.com/48613168-memorial-drive **Download Book Here ==> https://wartakinclunganeras.blogspot.com/48613168-memorial-drive Book Synopsis : At age nineteen, Natasha Trethewey had her world turned upside down when her former stepfather shot and killed her mother. Grieving and still...2023-09-0100 min
sewakul berasDOWNLOAD [pdf] Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey DOWNLOAD [pdf] Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey Read Online Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey is a great book to read and that's why I recommend reading or downloading ebook Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir for free in any format with visit the link button below. **Read Book Here ==> https://wartakinclunganeras.blogspot.com/48613168-memorial-drive **Download Book Here ==> https://wartakinclunganeras.blogspot.com/48613168-memorial-drive Book Synopsis : At age nineteen, Natasha Trethewey had her world turned upside down when her former stepfather shot and killed her mother. Grieving and still...2023-09-0100 min
sewakul jangungDOWNLOAD [pdf] Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha TretheweyDOWNLOAD [pdf] Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey Read Online Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey is a great book to read and that's why I recommend reading or downloading ebook Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir for free in any format with visit the link button below. **Read Book Here ==> https://wartakinclunganeras.blogspot.com/48613168-memorial-drive **Download Book Here ==> https://wartakinclunganeras.blogspot.com/48613168-memorial-drive Book Synopsis : At age nineteen, Natasha Trethewey had her world turned upside down when her former stepfather shot and killed her mother. Grieving and still new to adulthood, she confronted the twin pulls...2023-09-0110 min
sewakul jengkolDOWNLOAD [pdf] Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey DOWNLOAD [pdf] Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey Read Online Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey is a great book to read and that's why I recommend reading or downloading ebook Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir for free in any format with visit the link button below. **Read Book Here ==> https://wartakinclunganeras.blogspot.com/48613168-memorial-drive **Download Book Here ==> https://wartakinclunganeras.blogspot.com/48613168-memorial-drive Book Synopsis : At age nineteen, Natasha Trethewey had her world turned upside down when her former stepfather shot and killed her mother. Grieving and still...2023-09-0100 min
Find Best-Selling Full Audiobooks in Literature, Essays & AnthologiesHow We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill by Jericho Brown, Darlene TaylorPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/629228to listen full audiobooks.
Title: How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill
Author: Jericho Brown, Darlene Taylor
Narrator: Janina Edwards, Cary Hite
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 6 minutes
Release date: July 4, 2023
Genres: Essays & Anthologies
Publisher's Summary:
More than 30 acclaimed writers—including diverse voices such as Nikki Giovanni, David Omotosho Black, Natasha Trethewey, Barry Jenkins, Jacqueline Woodson, Tayari Jones, and Angela Flournoy—reflect on their experience and expertise in this unique book on the craft of writing that focuses on the Black creative spirit. How We Do It is an anthology cura...2023-07-0410h 06
SwitchyardGround Truth: A Poem by Natasha TretheweyIn this Switchyard poetry exclusive, hear Natasha Trethewey, the Pulitzer Prize-winning former Poet Laureate of the United States, read her stunning and deeply felt sequence of poems that she wrote for the inaugural issue of Switchyard magazine about the legacy of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre. 2023-06-0213 min
SwitchyardThe World on Fire: In Conversation with Natasha TretheweyIn this episode, Ted Genoways speaks with Natasha Trethewey, the Pulitzer Prize-winning former Poet Laureate of the United States, about a stunning and deeply felt sequence of poems that she wrote for the inaugural issue of Switchyard magazine about the legacy of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre. Those poems are available unabridged as an exclusive Switchyard poetry episode. We encourage you to listen to them in their entirety. 2023-06-0135 min
Cafe Au Lit(S3.E5) "Southern History" by Natasha TretheweyCaleb digs into Trethewey's poem "Southern History" from her 2007 Pulitzer Prize-winning collection Native Guard.2023-02-2118 min
Articulate ExperienceButterfly WingsOn this episode of Articulate Experience—three writers reflect on pivotal moments that had life-altering consequences.At 18, Darin Strauss was the driver in a fatal traffic accident. Though he wasn’t at fault, guilt defined his work and worldview for years after. Sarah Ruhl was on her way to see a production of her first play when she was knocked unconscious in a car crash. She emerged without a concussion, but with a clear sense of her destiny. When her mother was murdered, Natasha Trethewey looked to poetry to help sooth her unhealable wound...2023-02-1046 minBreaking Form: a Poetry and Culture PodcastF*CKFACEAaron challenges James to a game of "Elaine Equi or Elaine Benis"; then the boys see what happens when we add one small word to a line of poetry.Learn more about Elaine Equi's Ripple Effect: New and Selected Poems here. Elaine Equi was nominated for the 2008 Griffin Poetry Prize International. See her read here.Read Baudelaire's "Destruction" here.Learn more about Sappho here. Mock Orange: Hear Louise Gluck (Taurus 4/22) read it here.Read Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Desire" here.Read Jericho Brown on the form he...2022-04-1124 min
Los Angeles Public Library's Poems on AirEpisode 51: Natasha TretheweyLos Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Natasha Trethewey’s poem "Elegy" from her collection Thrall.2022-03-1604 min
Już tłumaczę#105 Podkastowy dyskusyjny klub książkowy – Memorial DriveCześć! Zapraszamy na kolejne spotkanie naszego podkastowego dyskusyjnego klubu książki! Pora na pierwsze non-fiction w naszym klubie, czyli „Memorial Drive” Natashy Trethewey. Razem z naszymi słuchaczkami zagłębiamy się w te osobiste wspomnienia autorki, przyglądając się przemocy domowej, systemowemu rasizmowi, niesamowitej konstrukcji tej książki i środkom wyrazu, dzięki którym Threthewey rozkłada swoje emocje i przeszłość na czynniki pierwsze. Zapraszany do słuchania!
Książka, o której rozmawiamy w podkaście, to: Natasha Trethewey, „Memorial Drive. Wspomnienia córki”, tłum. Kaja Gucio, Wydawnictwo Cyranka.
Mamy Patronite! Jeżeli chcesz dołączyć d...2022-02-2026 min
Books and BitesDiverse Award Winners: Books and Bites Podcast, Ep. 62On this episode, we discuss the second prompt in the Books and Bites 2022 Reading Challenge, inclusive and diverse award winners. Our Teen Librarian Jacqueline Cooper stops by to talk about the Global Reads for Teens challenge. [Content warning: the books we discuss describe abuse and racism.]Book NotesAdam recommends The Bridge Home by Padma VenkatramanMichael recommends The Nickel Boys by Colson WhiteheadCarrie recommends Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha TretheweyBite NotesTo accompany The Bridge Home, dig into a comforting bowl of Moong Dal Payasam from Indian for Everyone: The Home...2022-02-0731 minBreaking Form: a Poetry and Culture PodcastWhat Got Us Through (End-of-the-Year Countdown pt.1)James and Aaron recount the top 10 things that got them through 2021. In part one, they share 10-6. As always, please consider buying books from the authors we mention (or any others!) from independent bookstores. If you don't have one, we can recommend Loyalty Bookstores: https://www.loyaltybookstores.comAaron's 10-6:10. Hunter Fashion Magazine: Summer of Love Issue 36 SS 2020You can follow the magazine on Instagram: @hunterfashionmagazine9. Brontez Purnell, 100 Boyfriends. Johnny Would You Love Me If My Dick Were BiggerThe Cruising Diaries: Expanded Edition b...2021-12-2724 min
Get New Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsThe 1619 Project: A New American Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-JonesPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/549663 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The 1619 Project: A New American Origin Story Author: Nikole Hannah-Jones Narrator: Nikole Hannah-Jones, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 57 minutes Release date: November 16, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New American Origin Story offers a profoundly revealing vision of the American past and present. In late August 1619, a ship arrived in the British colony of Virginia bearing a...2021-11-1605 min
Motherland AustraliaEpisode 105: Natasha YarringtonThis week, I catch up with rural mum of four and dairy farmer, Natasha Yarrington. From homebirths to homeschooling, Natasha has taken many matters into her own hands when it comes to motherhood! Her commitment to her local community recently won her the NSW Women in Dairy 'Moover and Shaker' Award. Natasha spent countless hours helping neighbours during devastating bushfires that destroyed local homes. She'd milk her cows in the morning, then head straight out to help as many people as she could. This is her story.SPONSOR: Looking for the perfect gift? Wattle I Gift curates beautiful gift...2021-11-1441 min
Making MeaningCompromiso cívico a través de la poesíaCarol Ann Carl, narradora de la isla de Pohnpei, en los Estados Federados de Micronesia, habla de cómo utiliza la poesía para apoyar a las comunidades históricamente marginadas; y Natasha Trethewey, dos veces premiada con el US Poet, describe cómo la poesía puede articular actos de compromiso cívico.Explore la obra de Carol Ann Carl y conozca el Why it Matters Poetry Workshop con el que dio clases a través del Consejo Hawaiano para las Humanidades. Obtenga más información sobre Natasha Tretheway en su página webO...2021-11-0911 minMaking MeaningCivic Engagement by Way of PoetryCarol Ann Carl, a storyteller from Pohnpei Island in the Federated States of Micronesia, talks about how she uses poetry to advocate for historically marginalized communities, and two-term US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey describes how poetry can articulate acts of civic engagement.Explore Carol Ann Carl’s work and learn about the Why it Matters Poetry Workshop she led through the Hawai’i Council for the Humanities. Learn more about Natasha Tretheway on her website.Read more about this episode’s topic and guests at our website.
2021-11-0922 min
Get Lit MinuteNatasha Trethewey | “Imperatives for Carrying On in the Aftermath”In this week's episode of the Get Lit Minute, your weekly poetry podcast, we spotlight the life and work of American poet and spoken-word artist, Natasha Trethewey. A former US poet laureate, Trethewey is the author of five collections of poetry: Monument (2018), Thrall (2012), Native Guard (2006), Bellocq’s Ophelia (2002), and Domestic Work (2000). She is also the author of a book of creative non-fiction: Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast (2010). Source This episode includes a reading of her poem, “Imperatives for Carrying On in the Aftermath”, featured in our 2021 Get Lit Anthology.“Imperatives for Carr...2021-11-0814 min
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Les chroniqueuses de Quoi de Meuf reviennent en force pour cette 5ème saison qui s’annonce pleine de rebondissements. 521 romans ont été publiés en 2021 : on retrouve entre autres ceux de Christine Angot, de Natasha Trethewey ou encore de Salomé Kiner. Clémentine, Pauline, Anne-Laure, K...2021-09-1941 min
Meditation-ablePoetry as Presence with Natasha TretheweyNatasha Trethewey is an American poet and a professor of English at Northwestern University. In 2007, she won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her collection Native Guard. She also served two terms as the 19th Poet Laureate of the United States. In this episode, Natasha shares her writing journey and discusses the importance of presence.2021-09-1529 min
Absorb The Most Unforgettable Full Audiobook Today!The Essential Muriel Rukeyser: Poems by Muriel RukeyserPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408608to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Essential Muriel Rukeyser: Poems
Author: Muriel Rukeyser
Narrator: Tanya Eby
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 3 hours 36 minutes
Release date: June 1, 2021
Genres: Poetry
Publisher's Summary:
The definitive edition of selected work from a poet whose influence continues to be widely felt today, introduced by Natasha Trethewey Engaging closely with the violence, oppression, and injustice that she witnessed in her lifetime, Muriel Rukeyser was one of the seminal poets of the mid-twentieth century. Closely informed by issues relating to equality, social justice, feminism, and Judaism, her impassioned poetry was often seen...2021-06-013h 36Unlock Top Full Audiobooks in Literature, PoetryThe Essential Muriel Rukeyser: Poems by Muriel RukeyserPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408608to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Essential Muriel Rukeyser: Poems
Author: Muriel Rukeyser
Narrator: Tanya Eby
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 3 hours 36 minutes
Release date: June 1, 2021
Genres: Poetry
Publisher's Summary:
The definitive edition of selected work from a poet whose influence continues to be widely felt today, introduced by Natasha Trethewey Engaging closely with the violence, oppression, and injustice that she witnessed in her lifetime, Muriel Rukeyser was one of the seminal poets of the mid-twentieth century. Closely informed by issues relating to equality, social justice, feminism, and Judaism, her impassioned poetry was often seen...2021-06-013h 36
The Daily PoemNatasha Tretheway's "What the Body Can Say"Natasha Trethewey (born April 26, 1966) is an American poet who was appointed United States Poet Laureate in 2012 and again in 2013.[1] She won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetryfor her 2006 collection Native Guard,[2] and she is a former Poet Laureate of Mississippi.[3] Bio via Wikipedia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe2021-05-1708 min
Attribution with Bob McKinnonOur Histories w/ Natasha TretheweyNatasha Trethewey is a two-time U.S. Poet Laureate and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for her book of poems, Native Guard. Her latest book is Memorial Drive; A Daughter’s Memoir. It was a moving and deeply personal conversation. We talked about the debt we both owe to our mothers and how we examine and reconcile our complicated personal and national histories. Links to learn more about: Natasha Trethewey Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir Native Guard Find out more: https://movingupusa.com/podcast HOST Bob...2021-05-1058 min
Library Nerds with WordsEpisode 1: April is National Poetry MonthLibrary nerd Marty Achatz, Adult Programming Coordinator at Peter White Public Library, gives you the word about the celebration of National Poetry Month at PWPL. This month, two-time U. S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Natasha Trethewey, will be reading virtually at the library. In addition, poet Ronnie Ferguson will lead a virtual writing workshop on poetic inspiration. And the finalists for U. P. Poet Laureate, as well as the newly-selected U. P. Poet Laureate, will be reading throughout the month.
Marty also gives you the word on the book Flight of the Diamond Smugglers by Matt...2021-03-2914 min
Enoch Pratt Free Library PodcastAnnual Lucille Clifton Celebration: Today We Are PossibleOn the anniversary of Lucille Clifton’s passing, join Enoch Pratt Free Library and the Clifton House in a celebration of her generous spirit and writing. Our esteemed featured speaker is Natasha Trethewey. Natasha Trethewey served two terms as the 19th Poet Laureate of the United States (2012-2014). She is the author of five collections of poetry, Monument (2018), which was longlisted for the 2018 National Book Award; Thrall (2012); Native Guard (2006), for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, Bellocq’s Ophelia (2002); and Domestic Work (2000), which was selected by Rita Dove as the winner of t...2021-02-161h 02
No Offence, But...We're Back for Season 3HELLO *we've missed you* and welcome to season 3 of No Offence, But! Today’s episode is an insight into resolutions/intentions and a recap of some great (and not so great) content Ayeesha consumed over the holidays. New episodes will be dropping weekly! Make sure you subscribe (just hit that button), rate and review and tag us in your IG stories! Connect with us on IG @bl.ckb.rds @eeshashKeep scrolling for show notes…TV Ayeesha talks about in this episodeFour Weddings and...2021-02-0325 min
The Areva Martin PodcastFinding poetry in our moment of crisis | Ft. Poet Laureate Natasha TretheweyA Pulitzer Prize winner and former US Poet Laureate, Natasha Trethewey has developed a high-profile platform for her perspective. Although her poetry gained her an initial following, she hopes to spark difficult conversations by putting her personal story in prose. Hers is a journey fraught with turbulence, from grappling with black womanhood in America to losing her most reliable role model for the challenge at just 19. This anxious moment in our history moment give her insights added gravitas in this emotionally charged edition of the podcast.
Connect with Natalie Trethewey:
Facebook- https://www.facebook.com...2021-01-1324 min
The Outlook Podcast ArchiveDefending my dream cost my mother her lifeFormer US poet laureate Natasha Trethewey began writing to express her feelings about her violent stepfather. She told Oulook's Jo Fidgen how it became her comfort and career, after her worst fears came true. Her memoir is called Memorial Drive.Any comments please email us on outlook@bbc.comPresenter: Jo Fidgen
Producer: Thomas Harding Assinder and Sophie EastaughPicture: Natasha Trethewey receives an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree at Emerson College in 2015
Credit: Paul Marotta/Getty Images2021-01-1223 min
Life and Art from FT WeekendBonus: Poet Natasha Trethewey on memory, grief and Black Lives MatterIn this bonus episode, we bring you a conversation between Lilah and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and former US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey. In her recent memoir, Memorial Drive, Natasha shares the painful story of her mother's murder at the hands of her stepfather when Natasha was 19. Natasha was born to a black mother and white father in the Deep South during the civil rights movement. When she was an infant, the KKK burned a cross in her family's front yard. In this interview she speaks to the cyclical nature of history, the disease of racism, and the power of...2020-10-1635 min
Poetry UnboundNatasha Trethewey — MiscegenationWere you born during a time when laws were different? What impact did those laws have on you? In this poem, Natasha Trethewey recalls the story of how her parents crossed state lines to wed because Mississippi forbade interracial marriage at the time. It is written in the form of a ghazal, with birth and belonging, names and death coming together.Natasha Trethewey served as U.S. Poet Laureate from 2012-2014. She is the author of a memoir, Memorial Drive, and five collections of poetry including Monument and Native Guard, for which she was awarded t...2020-10-0910 min
The BookstoreMemorial Drive by Natasha TretheweyLet me warn you up top that we cry in this episode. We read Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey, a memoir about the murder of the author's mother by her step-father. Content warnings for some mild language and discussions of domestic violence. Next time we will be discussing The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones. Find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us. Other books mentioned in this episode: Know My Name by Chanel Miller No Visible Bruises by Rachel Louise Snyder Get two...2020-10-0642 min
Under the Radar PodcastLatinx News: How To Win The Hispanic Vote, The Debate Around Ethnic ID 'Latinx,' And Growing Latino Representation In Children's BooksThe first presidential debate is over, but not the determined battle to win the Latino vote. Or is it the Hispanic vote? Or the Latinx vote, the ethnic identification used by most media? Our Latinx Roundtable guests weigh in on the identity label debate. Plus, from "The Land of the Cranes" to "My Papi Rides a Motorcyle", Latino representation in children's books is expanding because of the focused efforts of several artist and writer groups.
Guests:
Julio Ricardo Varela, digital editor for the Futuro Media Group, co-host of the “In The Thick” podcast, and founder of L...2020-10-0457 min
The Maris ReviewEpisode 67: Natasha TretheweyNatasha Trethewey is a former US poet laureate and the author of five collections of poetry, as well as a book of creative nonfiction. She is currently the Board of Trustees Professor of English at Northwestern University. In 2007 she won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her collection Native Guard. Her latest book is called Memorial Drive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2020-09-0325 min
Unabridged: A Book PodcastChanel Miller's KNOW MY NAME - September Book ClubIn this Unabridged Book Club episode, we discuss Chanel Miller's memoir, Know My Name. We discuss the powerful impact of Chanel Miller's words and the way that she is changing the world through sharing her story. In our book pairings, we talk about Laurie Halse Anderson's SHOUT, Jon Krakauer’s Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town, and Jason Reynolds’s and Brendan Kiely’s All American Boys.
Bookish Check-in
Ashley - Alexis Hall’s Boyfriend Material
Jen - Natasha Trethewey’s Memorial Drive
Sara - Kate Stayman-London’s One to Watch
Mentioned in E...2020-09-0252 min
From the Front Porch286 || August Reading RecapIs August really over? It’s hard to believe it’s that time again, but here we are! This week, Annie recaps her reads during the month of August.
All of the books mentioned on today’s podcast can be purchased online at The Bookshelf:
Stand All the Way Up by Sophie Hudson
Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey
Musical Chairs by Amy Poeppel
Finding Freedom by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
The Resis...2020-08-2736 min
Write On, Mississippi!Write On, Mississippi: Season 3. Chapter 8: Natasha TretheweyFormer US Poet Laureate, Natasha Trethewey, talks with award-winning author, Kiese Laymon about her new memoir, MEMORIAL DRIVE.PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LEMURIA BOOKSTORE OF JACKSON, MS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-08-1436 minWrite On, Mississippi!Write On, Mississippi: Season 3. Chapter 8: Natasha TretheweyFormer US Poet Laureate, Natasha Trethewey, talks with award-winning author, Kiese Laymon about her new memoir, MEMORIAL DRIVE.PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LEMURIA BOOKSTORE OF JACKSON, MS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-08-1436 min
On Second ThoughtLooming Eviction Crisis; Poet Natasha Trethewey's New Memoir 'Memorial Drive'With experts concerned about a surge in evictions amid the ongoing pandemic, we explore implications and potential mitigating factors of the coming eviction crisis; former U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey on her new memoir, "Memorial Drive"2020-08-1449 min
Bad On PaperTraci from The Stacks joins us for a great conversation about books, podcasting, and more!This week we are joined by Traci Thomas! Traci is the host of The Stacks Podcast, a mom to twin girls, and an avid non-fiction reader. We get a behind the scenes look at how she chooses books for the pod, her favorite books of 2020 (and all time), and talk about the book she wishes would be written. We loved getting her perspective as she’s such a big non-fiction reader and both filled up our Bookshop.org carts with her recs while recording this episode. We talk about BLM, Black authors, and how to really do anti-racism work. We...2020-08-051h 41
AWM Author TalksEpisode 10: Natasha TretheweyThis week, Booklist editor Donna Seaman talks with Pulitzer Prize-winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey about her powerful new memoir Memorial Drive, which recounts the brutal murder of her mother at the hands of her former stepfather and the impact that moment has had on Trethewey's life and work.We hope you enjoy entering the mind of a writer. Listen to more episodes here.EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS“This is the situation I was in: a difficult childhood, a tragic loss when I was nineteen. That was the situation, but it took a...2020-08-0339 min
The PEN PodEpisode 95: Memorial Drive with Natasha TretheweyOn this extended edition of The PEN Pod, we talk to Pulitzer winner and two-time U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey about her new memoir MEMORIAL DRIVE, a story that honors the life of her mother and how her mother's life shaped her own. Plus, she discusses the changes underway in the American south around historical memory and race.
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Grab The Powerful Full Audiobook Now, Curious Minds!Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha TretheweyPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406437to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir
Author: Natasha Trethewey
Narrator: Natasha Trethewey
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 9 minutes
Release date: July 28, 2020
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.59 of Total 27
Ratings of Narrator: 4.57 of Total 7
Genres: True Crime
Publisher's Summary:
An Instant New York Times Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2020 Named One of the Best Books of the Year by: The Washington Post, NPR, Shelf Awareness, Esquire, Electric Literature, Slate, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and InStyle A chillingly personal and exquisitely wrought memoi...2020-07-285h 09
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Title: Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir
Author: Natasha Trethewey
Narrator: Natasha Trethewey
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5:09:34
Language: English
Release date: 07-28-20
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, True Crime, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Literary
Summary:
An Instant New York Times Bestseller
A New York Times Notable Book
One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2020
Named One of the Best Books of the Year by: The Washington Post, NPR, Shelf Awareness, Esquire, Electric Literature, Slate, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and InStyle
A chillingly personal and exquisitely wrought memoir of a...2020-07-285h 09Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, True CrimeMemorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha TretheweyPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406437to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir
Author: Natasha Trethewey
Narrator: Natasha Trethewey
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 9 minutes
Release date: July 28, 2020
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.59 of Total 27
Ratings of Narrator: 4.57 of Total 7
Genres: True Crime
Publisher's Summary:
An Instant New York Times Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2020 Named One of the Best Books of the Year by: The Washington Post, NPR, Shelf Awareness, Esquire, Electric Literature, Slate, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and InStyle A chillingly personal and exquisitely wrought memoi...2020-07-285h 09
Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, True CrimeMemorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha TretheweyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406437 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir Author: Natasha Trethewey Narrator: Natasha Trethewey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 9 minutes Release date: July 28, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.59 of Total 27 Ratings of Narrator: 4.57 of Total 7 Genres: True Crime Publisher's Summary: An Instant New York Times Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2020 Named One of the Best Books of the Year by: The Washington Post, NPR, Shelf Awareness, Esquire, Electric Literature, Slate, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and InStyle A chillingly personal and exquisitely wroug...2020-07-2805 min
The VerbDomestic Violence - in language, myths, and fairy storiesIan McMillan is joined by former US Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Natasha Trethewey, the poet Louise Fazackerley, linguist Deborah Cameron and singer Kathryn Williams to explore the language that feeds into domestic violence, and the images, myths and fairy stories that can help us cope with it, and prevent it.Natasha Trethewey
Natasha is a former US poet Laureate and a Pulitzer Prize winner. She brings tenderness, compassion, and forensic attention to language in her new memoir ‘Memorial Drive’ (Memorial Drive), an account of growing up with violence in the home, and of her mother’s kill...2020-07-1044 min
Fierce Womxn Writing - Inspiring You to Write MoreValencia Robin - Author of Ridiculous Light, an Award-Winning Poetry CollectionThis week our guest is Valencia Robin, visual artist, poet, and author of Ridiculous Light. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, andThe power of a writing groupToggling between painting and writingAnd moreIf you’re a new listener to Fierce Womxn Writing, I would love to hear from you. Please visit my Contact Page and tell me about your writing challenges.Follow this WriterVisit her WebsiteOrder her poetry collection, Ridiculous Light, the winner of Persea Books’ Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize in Poetry, finalist for the 2020 Kate Tufts Disc...2020-05-0722 min
Motherland AustraliaEpisode 21: Natasha LobbanThis week, I catch up with rural mum, farmer and former journalist Natasha Lobban from Victoria.Natasha's journey into motherhood was far from what she expected it to be. Her daughter Harriet (now 3) was born with multiple heart defects at 31 weeks. Instead of living a beautifully simple life on the land, the past three years has seen months of torturous hospital visits, surgeries and health scares.I have so much admiration for the strength Natasha has shown through it all. She certainly opened up my eyes to the many rural families out there whose children are going through their own...2020-04-1241 min
The New Yorker: PoetryNatasha Trethewey Reads Charles WrightNatasha Trethewey joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Charles Wright's poem "Toadstools," and her own poem "Repentance." Trethewey, a former United States Poet Laureate, is a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her most recent poetry collection is "Monument."
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices2019-06-1937 min
Keep the Channel OpenMichelle Brittan RosadoMichelle Brittan Rosado is a poet based in Long Beach, CA. In her book Why Can’t It Be Tenderness, Michelle writes about California, Malaysia, and the space between, about divorce, and life transition, and new love. In our conversation we talked about her book, about her creative process and how she thinks about poetic form, and about mixed-race identity. Then in the second section we talked about the history of the pantoum, and our experiences with English-language versions of Asian poetic forms. (Conversation recorded May 30, 2019.) Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | Spotify | Stitcher | YouTube | RSS Support...2019-06-1954 min
Close Talking: A Poetry PodcastEpisode #054 Letter - Natasha TretheweyIn the first episode of 2019, Connor and Jack discuss Natasha Trethewey’s “Letter.” Jack calls Connor out for his poetical preferences, Connor waxes abstractly about associative logic, both explore how things as small as a letter can reveal our most profound grief. A Dybek umbrella descends.
Read the poem below.
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The Poetry Vlog (TPV): A Poetry, Arts, & Social Justice Teaching ChannelFlash Briefing: Alonso Llerena Reads Natasha Trethewey's "Repentance"In today's flash briefing poetry reading, Alonso Llerena returns as a guest reader. Stay tuned this weekend for the podcast version of our longer chat, or catch it on the YouTube channel! Here, he reads Natasha Trethewey's "Repentance." We recorded in two different places and times, so the volume might jump around a bit, but it is worth it to hear his voice here again on the vlog's weekday readings! He contextualizes the poem expertly for you. More on Alonso Llerena -- Alonso is a poet and teacher in Washington D.C. of Peruvian descent. His work confronts being...2018-11-1604 min
Expand Your Mind With Our Engaging Free AudiobookNative Guard Audiobook by Natasha TretheweyListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 358900
Title: Native Guard
Author: Natasha Trethewey
Narrator: January Lavoy, Nicole Banks Long, Thomas Neal Antwon Ghant, Tyrone Jackson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 01:03:41
Language: English
Release date: 10-15-18
Publisher: LA Theatre Works
Genres: Fiction & Literature, General
Summary:
Based on Natasha Trethewey's collection of poems, The Alliance Theatre's production of Native Guard is both an elegy to her mother and a journey into Mississippi's Civil War history. In poetry and song, she reflects on her mother's passing while contemplating the former slaves who became soldiers in a regiment known as...2018-10-151h 03
Ampersand: The Poets & Writers PodcastAmpersand Episode 22: Susan Orlean, Barbara Kingsolver, Natasha TretheweySusan Orlean reads from her new book, The Library Book; Barbara Kingsolver in conversation with Richard Powers; Natasha Trethewey reads from her new poetry collection, Monument.2018-10-1027 min
WV Wesleyan MFA PodcastRemica Bingham-Risher: "Mining the Spark"WV Wesleyan MFA Summer 2018 Residency
“Research helps us avoid historical erasure." -- Poet Remica Bingham-Risher
This lecture discusses work by Ocean Vuong, Natasha Trethewey, Patricia Smith, and others. You'll find the readings here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FbN0x0pLYCMrM6jywB0OPYgZEfQzwHZ90C1V4yOx3QM/edit#gid=0
Remica's work at residency was supported with funding from the WV Humanities Council. You can discover more about her work here: https://www.remicabinghamrisher.com/2018-08-1456 minThe New Yorker: PoetryTiana Clark Reads Natasha TretheweyTiana Clark joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Natasha Trethewey's poem "Repentance," and her own poem, "Nashville." Tiana Clark is the author of the chapbook "Equilibrium," which won the 2016 Frost Place Chapbook Prize. Her first full-length book of poems, "I Can't Talk About the Trees Without the Blood," winner of the Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize, will be published in September. Natasha Trethewey won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for her collection "Native Guard," and was the United States Poet Laureate from 2012 to 2014. Her most recent book is "Thrall."
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices2018-06-2029 min
From the Catbird Seat: Poetry from the Library of CongressNatasha Trethewey and Rosanne CashOn the fourth episode of "From the Catbird Seat," Rob Casper chats with former Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey, who reflects on her 2013 conversation with singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash at the Library of Congress. We'll listen to clips from that event, which navigates the power of lyric language, the intersections of songwriting and poetry, and the influence of the two artists' fathers—Johnny Cash and Eric Trethewey.2018-05-1700 minFrom the Catbird Seat: Poetry from the Library of CongressNatasha Trethewey and Rosanne CashOn the fourth episode of From the Catbird Seat, Rob Casper chats with former Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey, who reflects on her 2013 conversation with singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash at the Library of Congress. We’ll listen to clips from that event, which navigates the power of lyric language, the intersections of songwriting and poetry, and the influence of the two artists’ fathers—Johnny Cash and Eric Trethewey.2018-05-1726 min
Reading WomenEp. 41 | National Poetry MonthHere in the U.S., it's National Poetry Month! In honor of the occasion, we're featuring amazing women poets all month long. Have a listen and check out our six selections, including our two discussion book that will be featured in our next episode!NewsWomen's Prize for Fiction Announces Its 2018 LonglistStella Prize Announces Its 2018 ShortlistCheck out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. A special thanks to our patrons Amy B., Jennifer P., Carley T., and Stephanie W. Follow along over on Instagram, j...2018-04-0438 min
Discovery & InspirationHollis Robbins, “The Double-Voiced Form: The African American Sonnet Tradition”First emerging in the Italian Renaissance, the sonnet was used to document and address a problem, such as the pain of unrequited love. Under the shadow of slavery and then Jim Crow, African American poets from Phillis Wheatley to Natasha Trethewey have adopted the sonnet’s 14-line form to poetically register political protest. National Humanities Center Fellow Hollis Robbins, from Johns Hopkins University, is currently at work on the first book-length examination of the African American sonnet tradition.
In this podcast, Robbins discusses how the sonnet both emerges out of and transforms the tradition of Platonic metaphysical ideal love. Drawing on...2018-03-1900 min
On Being with Krista Tippett[Unedited] Natasha Trethewey and Eboo Patel with Krista TippettNatasha Trethewey was the 19th U.S. Poet Laureate. Her books include “Domestic Work,” “Native Guard,” and “Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.” Eboo Patel is the founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core. His books include “Sacred Ground: Pluralism, Prejudice, and the Promise of America” and “Interfaith Leadership: A Primer.” This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode “Natasha Trethewey and Eboo Patel — How to Live Beyond This Election.” Find more at onbeing.org.
2016-10-271h 09On Being with Krista TippettNatasha Trethewey and Eboo Patel — How to Live Beyond This ElectionThis political season has surfaced our need to reimagine and re-weave the very meaning of common life and common good. We take a long, nourishing view of the challenge and promise of this moment with former U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey and interfaith visionary Eboo Patel. This is the second of two public conversations convened by the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis on the eve of the 2016 presidential debate on that campus.
2016-10-2750 min
On Being with Krista TippettNatasha Trethewey and Eboo Patel — How to Live Beyond This ElectionThis political season has surfaced our need to reimagine and re-weave the very meaning of common life and common good. We take a long, nourishing view of the challenge and promise of this moment with former U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey and interfaith visionary Eboo Patel. This is the second of two public conversations convened by the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis on the eve of the 2016 presidential debate on that campus.2016-10-2751 minOn Being with Krista Tippett[Unedited] Natasha Trethewey and Eboo Patel with Krista TippettNatasha Trethewey was the 19th U.S. Poet Laureate. Her books include “Domestic Work,” “Native Guard,” and “Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.” Eboo Patel is the founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core. His books include “Sacred Ground: Pluralism, Prejudice, and the Promise of America” and “Interfaith Leadership: A Primer.” This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode “Natasha Trethewey and Eboo Patel — How to Live Beyond This Election.” Find more at onbeing.org.2016-10-271h 09On Being with Krista TippettNatasha Trethewey and Eboo Patel — How to Live Beyond This ElectionThis political season has surfaced our need to reimagine and re-weave the very meaning of common life and common good. We take a long, nourishing view of the challenge and promise of this moment with former U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey and interfaith visionary Eboo Patel. This is the second of two public conversations convened by the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis on the eve of the 2016 presidential debate on that campus.2016-10-2751 minOn Being with Krista Tippett[Unedited] Natasha Trethewey and Eboo Patel with Krista TippettNatasha Trethewey was the 19th U.S. Poet Laureate. Her books include “Domestic Work,” “Native Guard,” and “Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.” Eboo Patel is the founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core. His books include “Sacred Ground: Pluralism, Prejudice, and the Promise of America” and “Interfaith Leadership: A Primer.” This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode “Natasha Trethewey and Eboo Patel — How to Live Beyond This Election.” Find more at onbeing.org.2016-10-271h 09
On BeingNatasha Trethewey and Eboo Patel — How to Live Beyond This ElectionThis political season has surfaced our need to reimagine and re-weave the very meaning of common life and common good. We take a long, nourishing view of the challenge and promise of this moment with former U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey and interfaith visionary Eboo Patel. This is the second of two public conversations convened by the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis on the eve of the 2016 presidential debate on that campus.2016-10-2751 min
AASLH2013 Natasha Tretheway Keynote AddressNatasha Trethewey, the 19th United States Poet Laureate (2012-13), is the author of Thrall, Native Guard, for which she won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize, Bellocq’s Ophelia, which was named a Notable Book for 2003 by the American Library Association, and Domestic Work. She is also the author of Beyond Katrina: A Mediation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. In his citation, Librarian of Congress James Billington wrote, “Her poems dig beneath the surface of history—personal or communal, from childhood or from a century ago—to explore the human struggles that we all face.” In this keynote address, Trethewey reads from her recent boo...2016-02-2300 min
Aspen Ideas to GoWinter Words Author SeriesThree authors shed light on the writing life and the stories behind their works. New York Times bestseller Jess Walter ("Beautiful Ruins"), former US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey ("Thrall"), and LA Times Book Prize winner Ruth Ozeki ("A Tale for the Time Being"). They spoke at Winter Words, a series hosted by Aspen Words, a literary organization and program of the Aspen Institute.
aspenideas.org2015-12-1452 min
In the MarginsE13: We do it for Love, Sonnets from Tate Street and the Favorite Poem ProjectHi listeners!
We hope you’ve enjoyed the first 6 months of podcasts with us “In the Margins.” We’ve had some inspiring conversations with editors like Jeff Shotts from Graywolf Press, Crystal Simone Smith of Backbone Press, and Kevin Larimer, editor in chief of Poets & Writers Magazine. We’ve learned what it takes to get into a prestigious program like NC State’s Masters of Fine Arts in Creative writing from professors in poetry and fiction, Dorianne Laux and John Kessel. We’ve spoken with several poets and writers about their work, including breaking news about Therese Anne Fowler’s...2015-07-2117 min
The Archive ProjectNatasha TretheweyIn a talk that switches conversationally between explaining her influences and reading from a few of her poems, Natasha Trethewey discusses writing her third collection of poetry, Native Guard, her upcoming collection at the time, Thrall, and the ways that personal and national histories intertwine. For her, writing is a pilgrimage and a way of coming to terms with what has happened. She is obsessed with learning about the South and its oppressive history because it is a part of her own history, and much of her work touches on slavery and black history in the South, specifically the...2014-11-0651 min
Vermont Studio CenterVSC Reading Series: Natasha Tretheway 6/13/2011Natasha Trethewey is author of Native Guard (Houghton Mifflin), for which she won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize; Bellocq’s Ophelia (Graywolf, 2002) which was named a Notable Book for 2003 by the American Library Association; and Domestic Work (Graywolf, 2000). She is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Study Center, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Bunting Fellowship Program of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard. Her poems have appeared in such journals and anthologies as American Poetry Review, Callaloo, Kenyon Review, The Southern Review, New England Review, Gettysburg Review, and several volumes of Be...2013-08-2738 min
ALOUD @ Los Angeles Public LibraryAn Evening with U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha TretheweyMeditations 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.2012-11-301h 05
Black History Month (Audio)Natasha TretheweyThis autumn, Natasha Trethewey took up her duties as
United States Poet Laureate, the 19th poet to serve since Congress created the
position in 1985. Also known as the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the
Library of Congress, the Laureate is responsible for all the public poetry programs
of the Library, as well as an annual lecture and reading.
With her appointment as Poet Laureate, Trethewey crowns a career steeped in the
complexities of American history. The marriage of her white, Canadian-born father
and her African American mother was still illegal in Mississippi, where she was
born, on Confederate Memorial...2012-10-2700 min
My Path to SuccessNatasha TretheweyThis autumn, Natasha Trethewey took up her duties as
United States Poet Laureate, the 19th poet to serve since Congress created the
position in 1985. Also known as the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the
Library of Congress, the Laureate is responsible for all the public poetry programs
of the Library, as well as an annual lecture and reading.
With her appointment as Poet Laureate, Trethewey crowns a career steeped in the
complexities of American history. The marriage of her white, Canadian-born father
and her African American mother was still illegal in Mississippi, where she was
born, on Confederate Memorial...2012-10-2709 min
Black History Month (HD)Natasha TretheweyThis autumn, Natasha Trethewey took up her duties as
United States Poet Laureate, the 19th poet to serve since Congress created the
position in 1985. Also known as the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the
Library of Congress, the Laureate is responsible for all the public poetry programs
of the Library, as well as an annual lecture and reading.
With her appointment as Poet Laureate, Trethewey crowns a career steeped in the
complexities of American history. The marriage of her white, Canadian-born father
and her African American mother was still illegal in Mississippi, where she was
born, on Confederate Memorial...2012-10-2700 min
Black History Month (SD)Natasha TretheweyThis autumn, Natasha Trethewey took up her duties as
United States Poet Laureate, the 19th poet to serve since Congress created the
position in 1985. Also known as the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the
Library of Congress, the Laureate is responsible for all the public poetry programs
of the Library, as well as an annual lecture and reading.
With her appointment as Poet Laureate, Trethewey crowns a career steeped in the
complexities of American history. The marriage of her white, Canadian-born father
and her African American mother was still illegal in Mississippi, where she was
born, on Confederate Memorial...2012-10-2700 min
Poetry LecturesDark Room CollectiveA reunion of the Dark Room Collective at the Poetry Foundation in April 2012. This reading features Nehassaiu deGannes, John Keene, Kevin Young, Sharan Strange, Major Jackson, Thomas Sayers Ellis, and Natasha Trethewey.
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2012-10-191h 16
How to Get Audiobook in Radio & TV, Great InterviewsTo the Best of Our Knowledge: Poems Old and New by Jim Fleming | Free AudiobookListen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: To the Best of Our Knowledge: Poems Old and New
Author: Jim Fleming
Format: Original Recording
Length: 52 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-20-12
Publisher: Wisconsin Public Radio (To the Best of Our Knowledge)
Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews
Summary:
In this hour, as editor of Poetry Magazine, poet and essayist Christian Wiman's got a great vantage point from which to survey the state of English-language poetry. He and Steve Paulson sit down to talk about the magazine, poetry criticism and finding new voices.
Next, the Poetry Foundation's mandate...2012-06-2052 min
Warehouse 242 : Sunday TalksStruck 3: Natasha Trethewey / Pulitzer Prize-Winning PoetStruck Series2011-03-2032 min
PoetryLunch Poems: Natasha TretheweyNatasha Trethewey is author of Native Guard, for which she won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize; Bellocq’s Ophelia, named a 2003 Notable Book by the American Library Association; and Domestic Work, selected by Rita Dove for the inaugural Cave Canem Poetry Prize. She received the 2008 Mississippi Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts for Poetry. Currently, she is Professor of English and Phillis Wheatley Distinguished Chair in Poetry at Emory University. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 17125]2010-04-1928 minPoetryLunch Poems: Natasha TretheweyNatasha Trethewey is author of Native Guard, for which she won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize; Bellocq’s Ophelia, named a 2003 Notable Book by the American Library Association; and Domestic Work, selected by Rita Dove for the inaugural Cave Canem Poetry Prize. She received the 2008 Mississippi Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts for Poetry. Currently, she is Professor of English and Phillis Wheatley Distinguished Chair in Poetry at Emory University. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 17125]2010-04-1928 min
Poetry (Video)Lunch Poems: Natasha TretheweyNatasha Trethewey is author of Native Guard, for which she won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize; Bellocq’s Ophelia, named a 2003 Notable Book by the American Library Association; and Domestic Work, selected by Rita Dove for the inaugural Cave Canem Poetry Prize. She received the 2008 Mississippi Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts for Poetry. Currently, she is Professor of English and Phillis Wheatley Distinguished Chair in Poetry at Emory University. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 17125]2010-04-1928 minPoetry (Audio)Lunch Poems: Natasha TretheweyNatasha Trethewey is author of Native Guard, for which she won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize; Bellocq’s Ophelia, named a 2003 Notable Book by the American Library Association; and Domestic Work, selected by Rita Dove for the inaugural Cave Canem Poetry Prize. She received the 2008 Mississippi Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts for Poetry. Currently, she is Professor of English and Phillis Wheatley Distinguished Chair in Poetry at Emory University. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 17125]2010-04-1928 min
Lunch Poems (Video)Lunch Poems: Natasha TretheweyNatasha Trethewey is author of Native Guard, for which she won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize; Bellocq’s Ophelia, named a 2003 Notable Book by the American Library Association; and Domestic Work, selected by Rita Dove for the inaugural Cave Canem Poetry Prize. She received the 2008 Mississippi Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts for Poetry. Currently, she is Professor of English and Phillis Wheatley Distinguished Chair in Poetry at Emory University. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 17125]2010-04-1928 minLunch Poems (Audio)Lunch Poems: Natasha TretheweyNatasha Trethewey is author of Native Guard, for which she won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize; Bellocq’s Ophelia, named a 2003 Notable Book by the American Library Association; and Domestic Work, selected by Rita Dove for the inaugural Cave Canem Poetry Prize. She received the 2008 Mississippi Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts for Poetry. Currently, she is Professor of English and Phillis Wheatley Distinguished Chair in Poetry at Emory University. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 17125]2010-04-1900 min