Thrall(Reprint) Poems by NatashaTrethewey Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2015 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-0-544-58620-8, ISBN: 0-544-58620-4
"19th Poet Laureate of the United States “A powerful, beautifully crafted book.”—The Washington Post “Ripe with the perfidies and paradoxes of thralldom both personal and public, it is utterly elegant.”—Elle Charting the intersections of public and personal history, Thrall explores the historical, cultural, and social forces that determine the roles to which a mixed-race daughter and her white father are consigned. In a brilliant ..."
Beyond Katrina A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast (Sarh Mills Hodge Fund Publications) by NatashaTrethewey Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2012 by University Of Georgia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-4311-2, ISBN: 0-8203-4311-0
""Beyond Katrina" is poet Natasha Trethewey's very personal profile of the Mississippi Gulf Coast and of the people there whose lives were forever changed by hurricane Katrina.Trethewey spent her childhood in Gulfport, where much of her mother's extended family, including her younger brother, still lives. As she worked to understand the devastation that followed the hurricane, Trethewey found inspiration in Robert Penn Warren's book "Seg ..."
"In 1941, Jacob Lawrence, then just twenty-three years old, completed a series of sixty small tempera paintings with text captions about the Great Migration. Within months of its making, Lawrences Migration series was divided between The Museum of Modern Art (even numbered panels) and the Phillips Memorial Gallery (odd numbered panels). The work has since become a landmark in the history of African-American art, a monument in the collect ..."
Thrall Poems by NatashaTrethewey Published 2012 ISBN-13: 978-1-299-89566-9, ISBN: 1-299-89566-2
Thrall Poems by NatashaTrethewey 96 Pages, Published 2012 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-547-84042-0, ISBN: 0-547-84042-X
"She is echo of Jesus at table, framed in the scene behind her: his white corona,
her white cap. Listening, she leans into what she knows. Light falls on half her
face. Knowledge After a chalk drawing by J. H. Hasselhorst, 1864 27 Kitchen
Maid ..."
Native Guard (Enhanced Audio Edition): Poems by NatashaTrethewey Digital, Published 2012 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (Hmh) ISBN-13: 978-1-299-88636-0, ISBN: 1-299-88636-1
Beyond Katrina(2nd Edition) A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast (A Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication) by Natasha D. Trethewey Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2015 by University Of Georgia Press Deluxe Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-4902-2, ISBN: 0-8203-4902-X
"Beyond Katrina is poet Natasha Trethewey’s very personal profile of the Mississippi Gulf Coast and of the people there whose lives were forever changed by hurricane Katrina.Trethewey spent her childhood in Gulfport, where much of her mother’s extended family, including her younger brother, still lives. As she worked to understand the devastation that followed the hurricane, Trethewey found inspiration in Robert Penn Warren’s book Segreg ..."
Native Guard by NatashaTrethewey Digital, 64 Pages, Published 2012 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-0-547-52626-3, ISBN: 0-547-52626-1
"The first regiments of the Louisiana Native Guards were mustered into servicein
September, October, and November of 1862—the 1st Regiment thus becoming
the first officially sanctioned regiment ofblack soldiersin the Union Army, and the
2nd and 3rd made up ofmen who had been slaves only months before enlisting.
During the war, the fort at Ship Island, Mississippi, called Fort Massachusetts,
was maintained as a prisonfor Confederate ..."
Thrall(1st Edition) Poems by Natasha D. Trethewey Hardcover, 96 Pages, Published 2012 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-547-57160-7, ISBN: 0-547-57160-7
"By unflinchingly charting the intersections of public and personal history, Thrall explores the historical, cultural, and social forces--across time and space--that determine the roles consigned to a mixed-race daughter and her white father. In a vivid series of poems about interracial marriage depicted in the Casta Paintings of Colonial Mexico, Trethewey investigates the philosophical assumptions that underpin Enlightenment notions of ..."
"The William Meredith Foundation is honored to present the 2014 award for poetry to Natasha Trethewey. Beyond the fact that both poets served at the Library of Congress, the award recognizes a shared aesthetic and level of achievement. When Meredith was writing poems, his goal was that they be "useful," that they speak to audiences "In the heart's duress, on the heart's behalf." For Meredith, poetry is essentially an act of communication ..."
"Volume 3 of Double Exposure highlights NMAAHC's rich collection of photographs of African American women, some of whom are cultural icons. This volume demonstrates the dignity, joy, heartbreak, commitment, and sacrifice of women of all ages and backgrounds, with photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Beverly Conley, Robert Galbraith, Ernest C. Withers, Wayne F. Miller, P.H. Polk, Joe Schwartz, and Milton Williams.Aligned to Common Core ..."