Atlanta’s own Poet Natasha Trethewey gave a reading yesterday at the historic and beautiful Rialto Theatre in downtown Atlanta. The reading was sponsored by Georgia State University, which is celebrating its 100^th year in existence, this year, with a series of readings.

Trethewey was breath taking, in charm, and in poetic delivery. She read poems from her most recent book, “thrall,” an amazing work that James H. Billington, from The Library of Congress, says, “Dig beneath the surface of history—personal or communal, from childhood or form a century ago—to explore the human struggles that we all face.”

After the reading, Trethewey, sat patiently with a big smile on her face, at a table in the lobby, and autographed books for the hundreds of folks who had turned out to hear her read.

Trethewey among many, many poetic honors is a winner of The Pulitzer Prize for her book “Native Guard,” and was recently tapped to be our nation’s Poet Laureate. She teaches at Emory. What an amazing thing to have such a huge and pleasant talent among us. We are truly blessed. Good luck to Ms. Trethewey in Washington, and wherever she travels.

You ought to buy one of her books. You really ought to.