Defending my dream cost my mother her life - a podcast by BBC World Service

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.

Any comments please email us on outlook@bbc.comPresenter: Jo Fidgen
Producer: Thomas Harding Assinder and Sophie EastaughPicture: Natasha Trethewey receives an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree at Emerson College in 2015
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