PAST: POETRY: Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey Final Lecture at the Library of Congress this WED, May 14th at 7:00pm, Free

Natasha Trethewey Poet Laureate Final Lecture at the Library of Congress

Wednesday, May 14th

7:00pm

Free

Natasha Trethewey will deliver her final lecture to conclude her second term as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry and the spring literary season at the Library of Congress. 

Natasha Trethewey was born in Gulfport, Mississippi on April 26, 1966. She is the author of four poetry collections and a book of creative non-fiction. Her honors include the Pulitzer Prize and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2012, she was appointed the State Poet Laureate of Mississippi.

Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building 

Coolidge Auditorium, ground floor

10 First Street SE
Metro: Capitol South, see map