Natasha Trethewey and Our Shared History

July 27, 2016 · by Guest Blogger | in Poets/ Poetry/ Performances | tagged Dr. Pearl McHaney, E.J. Bellocq Photographer Storyville New Orleans, Fear of Reading Poetry, Louisiana Native Guards and Civil War, Loving v Virginia, Miscegenation and History, Miscegenation and Poetry, Natasha Trethewey, Natasha Trethewey and Poet Laureate, Natasha Trethewey and Pulitzer Prize, Poetry and our shared history, Trethewey and Bellocq's Ophelia, Trethewey and Beyond Katrina, Trethewey and Domestic Work, Trethewey and Native Guard, Trethewey and Thrall | 2 Comments

Readers Unbound is privileged to welcome Pearl McHaney as today’s guest blogger. Many readers shy away from poetry, afraid of not understanding, expecting not to been entertained. American poet and pediatrician William Carlos Williams wrote a long love poem titled “Asphodel, That Greeny Flower.” Near its end, I find my mantra for the significance […]