Special Event: An Evening with U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey |
Special Event: An Evening with U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey
The Newseum
Walter and Leonore Annenberg Theater
555 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
Telephone: 888/NEWSEUM (888/639-7386)
Tuesday, 2013-04-16, 23:00Z (19:00 EDT Local Time, 16:00 PDT)
This event will be streamed live on Newseum.org
The 19th U.S. Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, Natasha Trethewey will read selections from her work, followed by a conversation with Charles Haynes of the First Amendment Center, about her poetry, her national role, and the place of poetry in society. She is currently the Robert W. Woodruff Professor of English and Creative Writing at Emory University.
Trethewey was born in Gulfport, Miss., 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 State Poet Laureate of Mississippi.
Emory University president James W. Wagner will also pay tribute to the university’s long history with poets and their art, much of which is housed in Emory’s Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library collections.
Emory alumni board president Isabel Garcia will emcee the evening.
The event is free and open to the public, but space is limited. For more information, click here.
Tags: Charles Haynes, Natasha Trethewey, The Newseum