‘Meditation at Decatur Square’ author awarded American Academy of Poets fellowship
Natasha Trethewey. Source: Emory UniversityEmory professor and former U.S. poet laureate Natasha Trethewey has been awarded an American Academy of Poets fellowship, Emory University says.
Thretheway, a Pultizer-prize winner, is the author of “Meditation at Decatur Square.”
According to a press release from Emory University, “The fellowship, which comes with a $25,000 stipend, is presented to one poet each year in recognition of distinguished poetic achievement. Established in 1946, the award is given in memory of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet James Ingram Merrill and was the first of its kind in the United States.”
Thretheway is “pleased to be chosen by a group of her peers” the press release said.
“It comes at a time when I’m trying to work on another book of poems, as well as trying to finish a memoir,” she said in the press release. “It’s a wonderful vote of confidence.”
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