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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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”
Distinguished Speaker Series featuring Edwidge Danticat
The distinguished speaker series features people who have been awarded the highest and most visible accolades in their field, such as the Nobel, Tony, Emmy, Grammy, and National Book Awards. This year’s speaker was Edwidge Danticat. She is the Wun Tsun Tam Mellon Professor of the Humanities in the Department of African American and AfricanContinue reading “Distinguished Speaker Series featuring Edwidge Danticat”