Librarian of Congress, Dr. James H. Billington, named Natasha Trethewey as the Library of Congress' 2012-2013 Poet Laureate Consultant. Trethewey has amassed numerous awards. She is currently serving as the Poet Laureate of her native Mississippi and earned a Pulitzer Prize in Poetry in 2007.

In Native Guard, Twethewey poetry is lyrical and dramatic. Historical in nature, the collection summons imagery of black Civil War soldiers and her own family history rooted in the South.

Author: Natashia Trethewey

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

Description: Paperback, 51 pages

Publication date: 2006

Price: $14.95

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Product #: 21108239