Author: Natasha Trethewey

Quotes

From the catbird seat, I've found poetry to be the necessary utterance it has always been in America.

From the catbird seat, I've found poetry to be the necessary utterance it has always been in America.

- Natasha Trethewey

Writers, particularly poets, always feel exiled in some way - people who don't exactly feel at home, so they try to find a home in language.

Writers, particularly poets, always feel exiled in some way - people who don't exactly feel at home, so they try to find a home in language.

- Natasha Trethewey

In my own life, I believe it was an early education in poetical metaphor that helped me to grapple with and make sense of all the difficult and traumatic things that were to come.

In my own life, I believe it was an early education in poetical metaphor that helped me to grapple with and make sense of all the difficult and traumatic things that were to come.

- Natasha Trethewey

Dismissals of poetry are nothing new. It's easy to dismiss poetry if one has not read much of it.

Dismissals of poetry are nothing new. It's easy to dismiss poetry if one has not read much of it.

- Natasha Trethewey

I want to be the best advocate and promoter for poetry that I can be.

I want to be the best advocate and promoter for poetry that I can be.

- Natasha Trethewey

I think poetry's always a kind of faith. It is the kind that I have.

I think poetry's always a kind of faith. It is the kind that I have.

- Natasha Trethewey

The experience of poetry could bring my mother back to me. Poetry offers a different kind of solace - here on earth.

The experience of poetry could bring my mother back to me. Poetry offers a different kind of solace - here on earth.

- Natasha Trethewey

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