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Natasha Trethewey on Memorial Drive

The 'existential wound' that fueled poet Natasha Trethewey's acclaimed career

“I think that the body does not let you forget.” In this PBS NewsHour video, Natasha Trethewey reflects on the trauma of her mother’s murder, the subject of her book Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir (Ecco, 2020), and how the events led her to become a poet and writer. Trethewey is interviewed by Joshunda Sanders in “A Poetics of Resilience” in the July/August 2020 issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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Natasha Trethewey
Memorial Drive
Ecco
2020
PBS NewsHour
July/August 2020

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