Great Regulars: Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey

was named the 19th U.S. Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, the Library of Congress announced Thursday--noting her ability to "dig beneath the surface of history." The NewsHour first profiled her in 2006 for her third book of poems, "Native Guard." Jeffrey Brown reports.

from Jeffrey Brown: PBS: Newshour: New Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey 'Explores the Human Struggles We All Face'

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