What is Natasha Trethewey?
{{infobox writer | name = Natasha Trethewey | image = Natasha-trethewey2.JPG | imagesize = | alt = ugvuyvjh | caption = Trethewey reading at the Library of Congress in 2013 | pseudonym = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|4|26}} | birth_place = [[Gulfport, Mississippi]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Poet, professor | nationality = American | education = | alma_mater = [[University of Georgia]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|AB]])<br />[[Hollins University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])<br />[[University of Massachusetts Amherst]] ([[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]]) | period = | genre = Poetry | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = Brett Gadsden | awards = {{awd |[[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]] |2007}} {{awd | [[List of U.S. states' Poets Laureate|Poet Laureate of Mississippi]] |2012}} {{awd |[[United States Poet Laureate]] |2012, 2014}} {{awd |[[Lamont Poet at Phillips Exeter Academy]] |2012}} {{awd|[[Heinz Award]] in Arts and Humanities|2017}} | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | portaldisp = }} '''Natasha Trethewey''' (born April 26, 1966) is an American poet and teacher. From 2012 to 2014 she was the [[poet laureate]] [[consultant]] in [[poetry]] for the [[Library of Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Natasha Trethewey {{!}} Biography, Books, & Facts {{!}} Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Natasha-Trethewey|access-date=2023-01-06|website=www.britannica.com|language=en}}</ref> In 2012 she was also the poet laureate of the state of [[Mississippi]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=About Natasha Trethewey {{!}} Academy of American Poets|url=https://poets.org/poet/natasha-trethewey|access-date=2023-01-06|website=poets.org}}</ref> She has written five books of poetry, a [[memoir]], and a work of [[non-fiction]]. Her third poetry collection won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]] in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Natasha Trethewey: Department of English - Northwestern University|url=https://english.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/trethewey-natas