A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast," is an attempt to stand up for her home state, an effort to preserve the memories of the land in the face of mighty destructive forces, including forces that masquerade as rebuilding.
As low-income housing is bulldozed and casinos rush in to fill the void, the land that she knew continued to disappear even faster, she writes. Trethewey quotes a fellow Gulfport resident who said, "The devastation of the storm will not surpass the devastation brought on by the recovery."
For her own sake, and for her hometown, she wanted to put up a literary marker. "My intent is to create some kind of monument, not a static monument but a living monument."
from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Mississippi poet Natasha Trethewey writes of Katrina's broad impact
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