Summary: <p><strong>Natasha Trethewey</strong> (born April 26, 1966) is an American poet who was appointed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Poet_Laureate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">United States Poet Laureate</a> in 2012 and again in 2013.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasha_Trethewey#cite_note-USPL-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[1]</a> She won the 2007 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_in_Poetry" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pulitzer Prize in Poetry</a>for her 2006 collection <em>Native Guard</em>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasha_Trethewey#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[2]</a> and she is a former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states%27_Poets_Laureate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Poet Laureate of Mississippi</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasha_Trethewey#cite_note-mac-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[3]</a> </p><br><p><strong><em>Bio via Wikipedia</em></strong></p><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>
