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    Trethewey's Native Guard: Recovered History

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    22 de jan. de 2026
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    An analysis of how Natasha Trethewey resurrects the forgotten Black Union soldiers of the Native Guard through poetry, creating literary monuments where physical ones were denied.

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    That erasure is what makes Trethewey's work so important. She's creating a monument in verse where there wasn't one in stone.

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    The Weight of Witness

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    The Persistence of the Past

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