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SUMMARY:Landiss Series presents Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey
DESCRIPTION:Pulitzer Prize winning poet Natasha Trethewey will be speakingin Lipscomb University’s Ezell Center on Nov. 3. The event will beginat 7:30 p.m. and will be concluded with book signing and a reception.Admission is free for everyone.
Trethewey received the Pulitzer prize in 2007 for her most recentcollection of poems, “Native Guard.”  She is known for giving a voiceto those who never had one in the past, such as soldiers, ex-slaves and even her mother’s efforts against discrimination and domesticviolence. Some of her other works include “Bellocq’s Ophelia” and“Domestic Work.”
 
In 2008, Trethewey was named Georgia Woman of the Year, as well asthe Governor’s Award for Excellence. Among many other awards, she ishas also taught at Auburn University, University of South Carolina andDuke University. Trethewey also holds the current Phillis WheatleyDistinguished Chair in Poetry at Emory University.
 
This event is part of the Lipscomb Landiss Lecture Series, whichhas given Nashville many opportunities to meet nationally knownwriters, critics and scholars. The series was founded 17 years ago byDr. Morris P. Landiss, in hope of challenging the minds of students andthose in the community. Landiss was chair of Lipscomb’s Department ofEnglish and dreamed of “feeding” the mind for a lifetime.
 
For more information call 615-966-5837 or visit Lipscomb at www.lipscomb.edu.
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