Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Poetic Obituaries: Loretta Turnbough of Gulfport and Atlanta

always told her granddaughter that "she wanted me to do whatever I wanted, just be the best at it--even if I was a jewel thief!"

That granddaughter grew up to win the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and will arrive in Gulfport today to bury her grandmother, whose strength "has given me the strength to write what I've been given," says Gulfport Native Natasha Trethewey of Atlanta.

from Sun Herald: Turnbough inspired poet

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