This year’s Distinguished Speaker was Natasha Trethewey. Trethewey served two terms as the 19th Poet Laureate of the United States (2012-2014). She is the author of five collections of poetry, Monument (2018), which was longlisted for the 2018 National Book Award; Thrall (2012); Native Guard (2006), for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, Bellocq’sContinue reading “Distinguished Speaker Series ft. Poet Natasha Trethewey”
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Spring 2025 Symposia
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RSVP for the Distinguished Speaker Series (Symposium) Today! Ft. Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Natasha Trethewey
The feature symposium of Spring 2025 will be the Distinguished Speaker Series featuring Natasha Trethewey, a two-time national poet laureate and pulitzer prize winner. She’ll be reading from her book The House of Being, followed by a book signing and reception (with food)! RSVP here: https://involveut.ut.edu/honors/feeds?type=event&type_id=405058&tab=details Natasha Trethewey served two terms as the 19th PoetContinue reading “RSVP for the Distinguished Speaker Series (Symposium) Today! Ft. Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Natasha Trethewey”