Natasha Trethewey

Natasha Trethewey was appointed the United States Poet Laureate in 2012. She is the Robert W. Woodruff Professor of English and Creative Writing at Emory University, and won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for Native Guard. Her latest collection is Thrall.

How Seamus Influenced Me

The Past

<p>Irish poet Seamus Heaney, whose <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/sep/02/seamus-heaney-last-words-funeral" target="_blank">funeral Monday</a> drew hundreds of mourners, inspired U.S. poet laureate Natasha Trethewey’s own calling—to grapple with the troubled history of the American South. Plus, tributes from <a href="/content/dailybeast/articles/2013/08/30/colum-mccann-seamus-heaney-brought-us-together.html">Colum McCann</a> and <a href="/content/dailybeast/articles/2013/08/30/paul-muldoon-on-seamus-heaney-the-mark-of-a-great-poet.html">Paul Muldoon</a>.</p>

Natasha Trethewey | Published Sep 03, 2013