Native Guard

Through the end of June you can also listen to NATIVE GUARD, an audio drama that centers on Natasha Tretheway’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of poetry by the same name. 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. You can listen to the recording here.