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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 Carrying On in the Aftermath”Do not hang your head or clench your fistswhen even your friend, after hearing the story,says: My mother would never put up with that. Fight the urge to rattle off statistics: that,more often, a woman who chooses to leaveis then murdered. The hundredth time your father says, But she hated violence,why would she marry a guy like that?—don't waste your breath explaining, again, how abusers wait, are patient, that theydon't beat you on the first date, sometimesnot even the first few years of a marriage. Keep an impassive face whenever you hearStand by Your Man, and let go your ragewhen you recall those words were advice given your mother. Try to forget the firsttrial, before she was dead, when the chargewas only attempted murder; don't belabor the thinking or the sentence that allowedher ex-husband's release a year later, orthe juror who said, It's a domestic issue— they should work it out themselves. Justbreathe when, after you read your poemsabout grief, a woman asks: Do you think your mother was weak for men? Learnto ignore subtext. Imagine a thought-cloud above your head, dark and heavy with the words you cannot say; let silencerain down. Remember you were toldby your famous professor, that you should write about something else, unburdenyourself of the death of your mother andjust pour your heart out in the poems. Ask yourself what's in your heart, thatreliquary—blood locket and seed-bed—andcontend with what it means, the folk-saying you learned from a Korean poet in Seoul:that one does not bury the mother's bodyin the ground but in the chest, or—like you— you carry her corpse on your back.Support the show (https://getlit.org/donate/)

On 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 the inaugural Cave Canem Poetry Prize for the best first book by an African American poet and won both the 2001 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Book Prize and the 2001 Lillian Smith Award for Poetry. She is also the author of the memoir Memorial Drive (2020). Her book of nonfiction, Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, appeared in 2010. She is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Beinecke Library at Yale, and the Bunting Fellowship Program of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard. At Northwestern University she is a Board of Trustees Professor of English in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. In 2012 she was named Poet Laureate of the State of Mississippi and and in 2013 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Recorded On: Saturday, February 13, 2021

Guest host Eddie Glaude is joined by poet Natasha Trethewey on episode 145 of The Quarantine Tapes. Natasha’s most recent book is her memoir, Memorial Drive. In their conversation, Eddie asks her about the process of writing and releasing that book into this moment of political and social reckoning.Natasha offers a deep look at her process of crafting this book in an emotional and thoughtful episode. She talks about why she found it so important to tell her mother’s story in this book and how she took control of that narrative in her writing process. Eddie and Natasha’s conversation is warm, familiar, and wide-reaching, ranging from comparing gumbo recipes to parsing the role of silence in writing.https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/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 the inaugural Cave Canem Poetry Prize for the best first book by an African American poet and won both the 2001 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Book Prize and the 2001 Lillian Smith Award for Poetry. She is also the author of the memoir Memorial Drive(2020). Her book of nonfiction, Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, appeared in 2010. She is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Beinecke Library at Yale, and the Bunting Fellowship Program of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard. At Northwestern University she is a Board of Trustees Professor of English in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. In 2012 she was named Poet Laureate of the State of Mississippi and in 2013 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

The 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 Latino Rebels. Adriana Maestas, a Southern California-based freelance writer covering Latino politics. LATER IN THE SHOW: Natasha Trethewey's mother was murdered by her former stepfather, a tragedy that upended her world at the age of 19. For years she had no words to express the depth of her loss and grief. Until she decided to write the story that had long haunted her. 'Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir', her memoir, is our October selection for “Bookmarked: The Under the Radar Book Club” and the kickoff conversation for this year's virtual Boston Book Festival. Guest: Author and poet Natasha Trethewey is a former U.S. Poet Laurate. She's written 5 collections of poetry including, “Native Guard,” which won the Pultizer Prize. She is also the author of the nonfiction book, “Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf.” SHOW CREDITS: Under the Radar with Callie Crossley is a production of GBH, produced by Hannah Uebele and engineered by Dave Goodman. Kate Dario is our intern. Our theme music is FISH AND CHIPS by #weare2saxys', Grace Kelly and Leo P.

Natasha 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.

Dec. 7, 2013. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey discusses music, poetry and creativity with country musician Rosanne Cash. Speaker Biography: Oldest daughter of country music icon Johnny Cash and stepdaughter of June Carter Cash of the legendary Carter Family, she holds a lineage rooted in the very beginnings of American country music, with its deep cultural and historical connections to the South. Rosanne's own thoughtful, genre-blurring approach, encompassing country, rock, roots and pop influences, has earned a Grammy Award, the Americana Honors and Awards' Album of the Year, and eleven #1 singles. A few recent projects include concerts and talks at the Spoleto Festival, Toronto's Luminato festival and the Festival of Arts and Ideas, and collaborations with the Minnesota Orchestra, Lincoln Center, and San Francisco Jazz. Speaker Biography: Natasha Trethewey served two terms as U.S. Poet Laureate (2012-2013). She is the author of four poetry collections, including her newest, "Thrall" (2012). Her other collections are "Native Guard" (2006), winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry; "Bellocq's Ophelia" (2002); and "Domestic Work" (2000). She is also the author the nonfiction book "Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast" (2010). Trethewey also served as the Poet Laureate of Mississippi. Her other honors include fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Study Center, and the Bunting Fellowship Program of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. She is the four-time recipient of the Book Prize from the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters and has twice received the Lillian Smith Award for Poetry. She is also the recipient of the 2008 Mississippi Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts and was named the 2008 Georgia Woman of the Year. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6483

Natasha Trethewey was the twenty-first poet of the Raymond Danowski Poetry Library Reading Series and read in 2012. Natasha Trethewey was born in Gulfport, Mississippi. She is the nineteenth Poet Laureate of the United States and the author of four collections of poetry, Domestic Work (2000); Bellocq’s Ophelia (2002); Native Guard (2006)—for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize—and, most recently, Thrall, (2012). Her book of nonfiction, Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, appeared in 2010. She is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Beinecke Library at Yale, and the Bunting Fellowship Program of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard. At Emory University she is Robert W. Woodruff Professor of English and Creative Writing.

Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey appears at the 2013 Library of Congress National Book Festival, 9/21/2013. Speaker Biography: Natasha Trethewey was recently appointed to a second term as Poet Laureate by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington. Trethewey is also Poet Laureate of her home state of Mississippi. She is a professor of English and creative writing at Emory University in Atlanta and the author of four poetry collections, including her newest, "Thrall" (2012). Her other collections are "Native Guard" (2006), winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry; "Bellocq's Ophelia" (2002); and "Domestic Work" (2000). She is also the author of the nonfiction book "Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast." Trethewey has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim and Rockefeller foundations. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6037

Natasha Trethewey was born in Gulfport, Mississippi. She is the nineteenth Poet Laureate of the United States and the author of four collections of poetry, Domestic Work (2000); Bellocq’s Ophelia (2002); Native Guard (2006)—for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize—and, most recently, Thrall, (2012). Her book of nonfiction, Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, appeared in 2010. She is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Beinecke Library at Yale, and the Bunting Fellowship Program of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard. At Emory University she is Robert W. Woodruff Professor of English and Creative Writing.