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.

E.J. Bellocq's photographed prostitutes in the red-light district of turn-of-the century New Orleans, inspired Trethewey to imagine the life of Ophelia. This short collection is Twethewey's second, and reads as a monologue.

Author: Natashia Trethewey

Publisher: Graywolf Press

Description: Paperback, 64 pages

Publication date: April 2002

Price: $15.00

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Product #: 21108237