The Gulf: A Meditation on the Mississippi Coast after Katrina

Natasha Trethewey, a VQR contributing editor, served two terms as the nineteenth poet laureate of the United States (2012 – 2014). She is the author of five collections of poetry: Monument (HMH, 2018), which was longlisted for the National Book Award; Thrall (HMH, 2012); Native Guard (Mariner, 2007), for which...