Access to this video is a benefit for members through PBS Passport.
Up Next
Back to Show
By the River with Holly Jackson
Natasha Trethewey
Season 1
Episode 102
Holly Jackson is by the river with the 19th U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize Winner, Natasha Trethewey to discuss her book Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir. Holly learns about the courage that it takes to tell the story of Trethewey’s mother’s death and how poetry help her deal with it.
Support Provided By
Unlock with PBS Passport
26:46
Christopher Swann discusses his book, A Fire in the Night.
Unlock with PBS Passport
26:46
Patti Callahan Henry discusses her book Surviving Savannah.
Unlock with PBS Passport
26:46
Kristin Harmel to discusses her book, The Forest of Vanishing Stars.
Unlock with PBS Passport
26:46
Tom Poland & Robert Clark talk about their book.
Unlock with PBS Passport
26:46
Wanda Lloyd discusses Coming Full Circle: From Jim Crow to Journalism.
Unlock with PBS Passport
26:46
Mary Alice Monroe and her co-author Angela May discuss their first children’s book.
Unlock with PBS Passport
26:46
Carrie Morey discusses her book Callie’s Biscuits & Southern Traditions.
Unlock with PBS Passport
26:46
John Cribb discusses his book Old Abe: A Novel.
Unlock with PBS Passport
26:46
Jo Hackl discusses her book Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe.
Unlock with PBS Passport
26:46
Eric Sean Crawford discusses his book about Gullah Spirituals.
Unlock with PBS Passport
26:46
Mary Whyte discusses her book We The People: Portraits of Veterans in America.