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Book 224 of 2020
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Getting a head start on National Poetry Month with Natasha Trethewey's first retrospective collection. She's one of by favorite poets, writing with artistry and yet completed accessible, whether she's talking about history, art, or her own life.

This is perhaps one of the most compelling collections of poetry I‘ve read in a long time. Trethewey is a powerhouse and presents emotionally raw and gripping images on these pages!! She presented with Sarah Broom at Scripps College in Claremont CA and I was fortunate enough to see her with @rather_be_reading last night. This author brought me to tears and I can hardly wait for her upcoming biography. Excellent collection!

Natasha Trethewey

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This was a collection of some of her earlier works into a really stunning book of poems. Many are in memory of her mother, who was murdered by her stepfather. The other poems deal largely with race and her experiences growing up as an inter-racial child in the south and how others perceive her now. Finally, really beautiful phrases evoke strong images of the past in her poems relating to the service of black soldiers in the civil war. 5⭐️

A U.S. Poet Laureate and Nobel Prize winner, this book gathers some of Trethewey's best work. A person of mixed race, she examines her own past and the historical past of this country, its racial dealings and how women, particularly women of color or mixed origins, are portrayed in art. Powerful and highly recommended.

[I received an advanced e-galley of this book from Netgalley.]

As always, I'm a fan of Trethewey's work. This collection contains previously published poems alongside newly published work. I have put Native Guard into so many people's hands. And, while this collection doesn't quite meet Native Guard in my mind, it's a good, solid collection. #netgalley

#FridayReads

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