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...prostitute, photographed in Storyville in 1912. Trethewey’s poems reconstructed a life around this woman, superimposing emotions and experience onto the subject images. Her reading style was conventional. Clearly enunciating every syllable and every break between syllables, she used a steady tone that demanded the listener??€™s concentration, and the audience seemed willing to give it. Many poets read in this way, and it seems generally accepted, but it can muffle the voice of a poem unless executed with prodigious expertise. Prior knowledge of Trethewey’s work probably would have benefited my listening...