Native Guard | 
pickThis is a slim volume, but it contains multitudes. I‘m really glad I read Memorial Drive first because it gave me context for some of the poems, which already had so much depth. I think I need my own copy of this because I have a feeling I will find more with each visit. Highly recommend.
Today‘s library #bookhaul for me - I can‘t wait to read these poems, and the third Sanity and Tallulah just came out! I didn‘t even know.
My library no longer requires masks, and they‘re not quarantining returned items anymore. I‘m not really comfortable with either of those and don‘t know how to go forward from here. I don‘t want to take away library visits from the kiddo. Maybe I‘m just anxious? I don‘t know.
pickI read Thrall last year and was blown away. Trethewy writes softly but powerfully, and this collection that intertwines personal loss and historic black experiences during the Civil War exemplifies her talent. The quotes she chose, especially the one she led the collection with, were perfectly selected.
pick5/5⭐ The way Trethewey weaves together words, themes, & imagery building on each other throughout is craft at its finest.
Many poems are detailed descriptions of historical photographs, a fantastic, meaningful lens to present interpretations. Many of the poems draw you in with lovely descriptions & then end with an emotional punch.
The overlay of history with the present is expertly utilized for maximum impact.
#projectreread #blackathon
I returned
to a field of cotton, hallowed ground —
as slave legend goes — each boll
holding the ghosts of generations:
those who measured their days
by the heft of sacks and lengths
of rows, whose sweat flecked the cotton plants
still sewn into our clothes.
#projectreread #blackathon
We take those things we need
from the Confederates‘ abandoned homes:
salt, sugar, even this journal, near full
with someone else‘s words, overlapped now,
crosshatched beneath mine. On every page,
his story intersecting with my own.
#projectreread #blackathon
In my dream,
the ghost of history lies down beside me,
rolls over, pins me beneath a heavy arm.
#projectreread #blackathon
#tfw you start rereading a book you've owned for over a decade and find a surprise CD hiding behind the author bio! #projectreread #blackathon
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Stories that tell the story of a nation, the plight of a race, and how they affected the author as a person.
pick"You can get there from here, though / there's no going home." #firstlines #poetry #bedtimereads
Hanging at #dbf2016 with a few Pulitzer Prize winners. No Big Deal. 😜 #mikeluchovitch #natashatrethewey #hankkilbanoff
Had the pleasure of hearing Trethewey read from this and some of her other collections today. I loved the profound simplicity of her words and her voice is beautiful. Amazing.
