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Natasha Trethewey’s stunning follow-up to her Pulitzer Prize-winning *Native Guard* introduces a new generation of American poetry. Trethewey, the daughter of a black mother and white father, explores her complex roots and the intersection of history, identity, and race in America. Through her poetry, she honors her father, a historian and poet, and reflects on the ways in which they are part of the ongoing story of race in America.
First publish date: 2012
Genre: Poetry/Contemporary Poetry
Authors: Natasha Trethewey
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