Source: creativewriting.emory.edu
The Library of Congress has announced that the next poet laureate is Natasha Trethewey, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of three collections
Trethewey, 46, was born in Gulfport, Miss., and is the first Southerner to hold the post since Robert Penn Warren, the original laureate, and the first African-American since Rita Dove in 1993.
Read more about what makes Natasha Trethewey a unique choice for poet laureate on Eurweb.com.
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