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Native guard, Natasha Trethewey

Label
Native guard, Natasha Trethewey
Language
eng
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technical information on music
Form of composition
not applicable
Format of music
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Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Main title
Native guard
Responsibility statement
Natasha Trethewey
Summary
Based on Natasha Trethewey's collection of poems, The Alliance Theatre's production of Native Guard is both an elegy to her mother and a journey into Mississippi's Civil War history. In poetry and song, she reflects on her mother's passing while contemplating the former slaves who became soldiers in a regiment known as the Native Guard. Trethewey's work was the winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry
Target audience
adult
Transposition and arrangement
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