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Weekly Poem by U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey

Clip: 9/17/2012 | 2m 19s

U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey reads "Elegy," a poem from her new book "Thrall."

U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey reads "Elegy," a poem from her new book "Thrall."

09/17/2012

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