Poet Eric Trethewey, Natasha's father and professor of English, Hollins University, and John Bugge, professor of English, Emory University at cocktail hour before dinner

Emory Provost Earl Lewis and Natasha Trethewey at dinner.

Steve Enniss, director, Emory Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library.

Kevin Young, Atticus Haygood Professor of English and Creative Writing presents Natasha with an autographed copy of Rita Dove's Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry collection, Thomas and Beulah.

Earl Lewis

Natasha Trethewey

Emory College Dean Robert A. Paul and Brett Gadsden, assistant professor, African American Studies Department, Emory University.

Emory College Dean Robert A. Paul

Susan Whitlock, assistant professor, Department of Health, Physical Education, and Sport Science, Kennesaw State University, and Eric Trethewey

Natasha Trethewey and Emory President James W. Wagner

Ben Reiss, associate professor, English Department; Natasha Trethewey, and Tina Brownley, Goodrich C. White Professor of English, Winship Distinguished Professor and Director of the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry

Joseph Skibell, associate professor, Creative Writing Program, Len Cassamas, administrative assistant, English Department, Monique Allewaert, assistant professor, English Department, Natasha Trethewey, Geraldine Higgins, director, Irish Studies Program and associate professor, English Department

Natasha reading from Native Guard

Natasha reading from Native Guard

Acknowledging applause at the end of the readin.

Lynna Williams, associate professor, Creative Writing Program, with Natasha after the readin.

Lynna Williams, Natasha, and Jim Grimsley, senior resident fellow in Creative Writing (foreground, at the podium).

Booksigning after the reading: Natasha and Isabel Wilkerson, James M. Cox Professor of Journalism, Emory Journalism Program and winner of the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for feature writin.

Natasha with Leslie Harris, associate professor of history and African American Studies, and chairperson, Department of African American Studies, Emory University.

Ginger Murchison, editor, The Cortland Review, poet Travis Denton, associate director, Poetry at Tech, Georgia Tech and co-editor, Terminus, and Jacque Aly, academic administrator, English Department.

Booksigning after the reading.

Andra Gillespie, assistant professor, Political Science Department, Emory University; Steven Foy, '07 Emory College; Lauren Rule, graduate student, English Department, Emory University, at the reception after the reading.

Tom McHaney, emeritus professor of English, Georgia State University, and Eric Trethewey.