Natasha Trethewey

Natasha Trethewey and Gary Young

3 NOVEMBER 2022 — thursday

The Humanities Institute presents the Thirteenth Annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading, featuring Natasha Trethewey, 19th Poet Laureate of the United States and author of collections such as Native Guard, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and Monument, longlisted for the 2018 National Book Award, hosted by poet Gary Young, That's What I Thought, winner of the Lexi Rudnitsky Editor's Choice Award from Persea Books, the reading includes an announcement of the winner of the Morton Marcus Poetry Contest, Merrill College Cultural Center, 641 Merrill Road, Santa Cruz, free, 6:00-7:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: thi.ucsc.edu/event/natasha-trethewey-morton-marcus-poetry-reading)