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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Young Natasha Trethewey with her mother and father. In her new memoir “Memorial Drive,” she writes about her childhood and the tragic loss of her mother.

Memorial for a Mother

October 14, 2020

The Monthly One of the most devastating passages of Natasha Trethewey’s “Memorial Drive” arrives halfway through the memoir, in the chapter “You Know.” After 80 pages describing Trethewey’s...

Emory Prof. Carol Anderson and NU Profs. Natasha Trethewey and Leslie Harris speak at a Monday event in Harris Hall. The talk  focused on the importance of finding truths not normally discussed in traditional history narratives.

NU, Emory professors discuss non-traditional narratives of history

October 31, 2017

Professors from Northwestern and Emory University discussed Monday their efforts to find non-traditional narratives of history through scholarship and poetry. Emory African American studies Prof. Carol...

Pulitzer prize-winning poet joins faculty next academic year

November 17, 2016

A Pulitzer prize-winning poet will be part of Northwestern’s English Department beginning Fall Quarter of next year, the University announced Thursday. Mississippi native Natasha Trethewey won the...

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