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Former US poet laureate Natasha Trethewey began writing to express her feelings about her violent stepfather. She told Oulook's Jo Fidgen how it became her comfort and career, after her worst fears came true. Her memoir is called Memorial Drive.

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Presenter: Jo Fidgen
Producer: Thomas Harding Assinder and Sophie Eastaugh

Picture: Natasha Trethewey receives an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree at Emerson College in 2015
Credit: Paul Marotta/Getty Images

Published on Tuesday, 12th January 2021.

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